Highland Springs vs Short Pump

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Springs and Short Pump: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland Springs and Short Pump are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Short Pump has the higher population (28,177 vs 15,091 in Highland Springs). Short Pump has the higher median household income ($132,194 vs $56,931 in Highland Springs). Short Pump has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $206,300 in Highland Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
Population	15,091	28,177
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,931	$132,194
Median home value	$206,300	$543,000
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,804
Housing units	6,480	11,681
Homeownership rate	61.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
Population	16,459 → 15,091 (-8.3%)	28,328 → 28,177 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,886 → $56,931 (+16.5%)	$107,321 → $132,194 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $206,300 (+41.5%)	$413,900 → $543,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,234 (+16.1%)	$1,434 → $1,804 (+25.8%)

Highland Springs

Population

16,45915,091

Median household income

$48,886$56,931

Median home value

$145,800$206,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,234

Short Pump

Population

28,32828,177

Median household income

$107,321$132,194

Median home value

$413,900$543,000

Median gross rent

$1,434$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.5%
75 and over	5.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
White (non-Hispanic)	20.6%	58.1%
Black or African American	72.5%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	26.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	40.5%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
Drove alone	73.7%	66.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.9%	24.8%
Other means	2.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
1-unit, detached	76.6%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	21.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Highland Springs	Short Pump
Poverty rate	16.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1978	1998