Highland vs Santaquin

A side-by-side comparison of Highland and Santaquin: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland and Santaquin are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highland has the higher population (19,625 vs 15,391 in Santaquin). Highland has the higher median household income ($178,662 vs $95,175 in Santaquin). Highland has the higher median home value ($846,900 vs $434,700 in Santaquin).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Santaquin
Population	19,625	15,391
Median age	26.2 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$178,662	$95,175
Median home value	$846,900	$434,700
Median gross rent	$2,100	$1,165
Housing units	5,005	4,273
Homeownership rate	92.9%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Santaquin
Population	18,726 → 19,625 (+4.8%)	11,684 → 15,391 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$139,453 → $178,662 (+28.1%)	$72,171 → $95,175 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$559,600 → $846,900 (+51.3%)	$251,600 → $434,700 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,655 → $2,100 (+26.9%)	$997 → $1,165 (+16.9%)

Highland

Population

18,72619,625

Median household income

$139,453$178,662

Median home value

$559,600$846,900

Median gross rent

$1,655$2,100

Santaquin

Population

11,68415,391

Median household income

$72,171$95,175

Median home value

$251,600$434,700

Median gross rent

$997$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Santaquin
Under 5	6.2%	11.4%
5 to 17	31.6%	27.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	6.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	4.7%
75 and over	3.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Santaquin
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	1.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Santaquin
No high school diploma	1.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	7.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	44.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Santaquin
Drove alone	64.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	12.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Santaquin
1-unit, detached	90.4%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.1%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Santaquin
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.7%
Average household size	4.10	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	2004	2005