Barneveld vs Highland

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

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

Barneveld has the higher population (1,485 vs 934 in Highland). Barneveld has the higher median household income ($112,375 vs $65,179 in Highland). Barneveld has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $146,200 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Barneveld	Highland
Population	1,485	934
Median age	34.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,375	$65,179
Median home value	$264,400	$146,200
Median gross rent	$892	$657
Housing units	516	428
Homeownership rate	77.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barneveld	Highland
Population	1,235 → 1,485 (+20.2%)	966 → 934 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$84,028 → $112,375 (+33.7%)	$57,250 → $65,179 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$184,500 → $264,400 (+43.3%)	$111,800 → $146,200 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $892 (-1.4%)	$606 → $657 (+8.4%)

Barneveld

Population

1,2351,485

Median household income

$84,028$112,375

Median home value

$184,500$264,400

Median gross rent

$905$892

Highland

Population

966934

Median household income

$57,250$65,179

Median home value

$111,800$146,200

Median gross rent

$606$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barneveld	Highland
Under 5	5.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.8%
75 and over	3.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barneveld	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barneveld	Highland
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.4%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barneveld	Highland
Drove alone	80.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barneveld	Highland
1-unit, detached	80.6%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Barneveld	Highland
Poverty rate	3.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1987	1969