Highlands vs Jersey Village

A side-by-side comparison of Highlands and Jersey Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Highlands and Jersey Village are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jersey Village has the higher population (7,817 vs 7,339 in Highlands). Jersey Village has the higher median household income ($93,983 vs $54,524 in Highlands). Jersey Village has the higher median home value ($326,700 vs $191,400 in Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands	Jersey Village
Population	7,339	7,817
Median age	37.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,524	$93,983
Median home value	$191,400	$326,700
Median gross rent	$1,364	$1,404
Housing units	2,970	3,658
Homeownership rate	75.6%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands	Jersey Village
Population	7,720 → 7,339 (-4.9%)	7,933 → 7,817 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$59,052 → $54,524 (-7.7%)	$72,852 → $93,983 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $191,400 (+68.0%)	$285,700 → $326,700 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,364 (+31.8%)	$1,095 → $1,404 (+28.2%)

Highlands

Population

7,7207,339

Median household income

$59,052$54,524

Median home value

$113,900$191,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,364

Jersey Village

Population

7,9337,817

Median household income

$72,852$93,983

Median home value

$285,700$326,700

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands	Jersey Village
Under 5	9.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.5%
75 and over	4.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands	Jersey Village
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	55.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.8%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands	Jersey Village
No high school diploma	18.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands	Jersey Village
Drove alone	78.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.2%
Public transit	3.9%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	15.8%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands	Jersey Village
1-unit, detached	75.0%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	22.1%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highlands	Jersey Village
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1978	1991