Highlands vs Nassau Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Highlands and Nassau Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highlands has the higher population (7,339 vs 5,211 in Nassau Bay). Nassau Bay has the higher median household income ($78,057 vs $54,524 in Highlands). Nassau Bay has the higher median home value ($339,400 vs $191,400 in Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
Population	7,339	5,211
Median age	37.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,524	$78,057
Median home value	$191,400	$339,400
Median gross rent	$1,364	$1,323
Housing units	2,970	3,043
Homeownership rate	75.6%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
Population	7,720 → 7,339 (-4.9%)	4,048 → 5,211 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$59,052 → $54,524 (-7.7%)	$89,850 → $78,057 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $191,400 (+68.0%)	$243,700 → $339,400 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,364 (+31.8%)	$1,154 → $1,323 (+14.6%)

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

Nassau Bay

Population

4,0485,211

Median household income

$89,850$78,057

Median home value

$243,700$339,400

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
Under 5	9.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.0%
75 and over	4.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	65.3%
Black or African American	7.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.8%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
No high school diploma	18.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
Drove alone	78.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.0%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.8%	11.8%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
1-unit, detached	75.0%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highlands	Nassau Bay
Poverty rate	9.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.92	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1978	1969