Highlands County vs Nassau County

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

Highlands County and Nassau County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highlands County has the higher population (103,808 vs 94,653 in Nassau County). Nassau County has the higher median household income ($88,900 vs $55,581 in Highlands County). Nassau County has the higher median home value ($351,100 vs $177,900 in Highlands County).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands County	Nassau County
Population	103,808	94,653
Median age	54.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,581	$88,900
Median home value	$177,900	$351,100
Median gross rent	$980	$1,335
Housing units	58,086	43,565
Homeownership rate	78.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands County	Nassau County
Population	103,437 → 103,808 (+0.4%)	83,098 → 94,653 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$40,942 → $55,581 (+35.8%)	$69,943 → $88,900 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$108,100 → $177,900 (+64.6%)	$230,900 → $351,100 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $980 (+20.1%)	$1,046 → $1,335 (+27.6%)

Highlands County

Population

103,437103,808

Median household income

$40,942$55,581

Median home value

$108,100$177,900

Median gross rent

$816$980

Nassau County

Population

83,09894,653

Median household income

$69,943$88,900

Median home value

$230,900$351,100

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands County	Nassau County
Under 5	4.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	17.3%	14.1%
75 and over	18.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands County	Nassau County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	9.2%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands County	Nassau County
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	34.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands County	Nassau County
Drove alone	75.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands County	Nassau County
1-unit, detached	61.4%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Highlands County	Nassau County
Poverty rate	15.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1986	1998