Highlands vs Spring Valley Village

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

Highlands and Spring Valley Village 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 4,226 in Spring Valley Village). Spring Valley Village has the higher median household income ($227,857 vs $54,524 in Highlands). Spring Valley Village has the higher median home value ($1,071,800 vs $191,400 in Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
Population	7,339	4,226
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,524	$227,857
Median home value	$191,400	$1,071,800
Median gross rent	$1,364	$2,773
Housing units	2,970	1,389
Homeownership rate	75.6%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	86.1%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
Population	7,720 → 7,339 (-4.9%)	4,282 → 4,226 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$59,052 → $54,524 (-7.7%)	$206,654 → $227,857 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $191,400 (+68.0%)	$789,000 → $1,071,800 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,364 (+31.8%)	$3,501 → $2,773 (-20.8%)

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

Spring Valley Village

Population

4,2824,226

Median household income

$206,654$227,857

Median home value

$789,000$1,071,800

Median gross rent

$3,501$2,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
Under 5	9.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.6%
75 and over	4.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	71.8%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	34.8%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
No high school diploma	18.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	4.4%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	47.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	38.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
Drove alone	78.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	14.6%	5.9%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	15.4%
Other means	2.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
1-unit, detached	75.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highlands	Spring Valley Village
Poverty rate	9.8%	1.3%
Average household size	2.92	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1978	1981