Demographics of Highland city, Utah

Highland city, Utah had 21,571 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,166 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Highland city, in four figures

21,571
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 20,119 ±61.; +11.2%
Change since July 2020: +2,166 people.; 28.0 ±3.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $186,075 ±$13,861
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Highland city, Utah's population grew 11.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Highland city, Utah's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Highland city, Utah's population grew 11.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Highland city, Utah's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	19,405	100.0	100.0
2021	19,658	101.3	100.2
2022	20,002	103.1	100.7
2023	20,416	105.2	101.6
2024	21,099	108.7	102.5
2025	21,571	111.2	103.1

Population of Highland city, Utah on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	19,405	—
2021	19,658	+253
2022	20,002	+344
2023	20,416	+414
2024	21,099	+683
2025	21,571	+472

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 28.0 ±3.4: for men 25.5 ±4.0 and for women 30.5 ±4.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Highland city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Utah	United States
Under 5	1,282 ±245	6.4% ±1.2	6.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	6,244 ±470	31.0% ±2.3	20.9% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,125 ±328	10.6% ±1.6	11.6% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,128 ±415	20.5% ±2.1	28.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,509 ±365	22.4% ±1.8	20.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,831 ±229	9.1% ±1.1	11.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $186,075 ±$13,861, and income per person $62,900 ±$5,491, in 2024 dollars. The median is $95,166 ±$774 in Utah and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Highland city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Utah	United States
Under $25,000	129 ±55	2.6% ±1.1	9.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	189 ±73	3.7% ±1.4	13.8% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	317 ±135	6.3% ±2.7	15.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	394 ±120	7.8% ±2.3	14.2% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	833 ±167	16.5% ±3.2	21.6% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	854 ±170	16.9% ±3.2	11.9% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,334 ±278	46.2% ±4.9	13.9% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Highland city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Utah	United States
All ages	167 to 589	0.8% to 2.9%	8.5% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	52 to 226	0.7% to 3.0%	8.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	61 to 285	0.6% to 2.9%	8.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	20 to 112	0.8% to 4.2%	7.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Highland city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Highland city	Utah	United States
Housing units	5,206 ±279	1,223,468 ±257	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	97.0% ±0.8	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	1.0% to 5.0%	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	91.7% ±1.9	70.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	4.1% to 12.5%	29.8% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$928,300 ±$32,668	$489,400 ±$1,629	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,166 ±$298	$1,496 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2004 ±1	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Highland city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Utah	United States
Hispanic or Latino	830 ±374	4.1% ±1.9	15.9% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	17,256 ±658	85.8% ±3.3	74.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 597	0% to 3.0%	1.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	164 to 502	0.8% to 2.5%	2.4% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	5 to 77	< 0.1% to 0.4%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	14 to 456	0.1% to 2.3%	0.9% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	11 to 73	0.1% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,088 ±379	5.4% ±1.9	4.0% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Highland city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Utah	United States
Born in the state	11,661 ±541	58.0% ±2.7	60.7% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,650 ±556	38.0% ±2.8	29.3% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	133 ±55	0.7% ±0.3	1.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	675 ±181	3.4% ±0.9	8.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	532 ±156	2.6% ±0.8	3.8% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	71 to 215	0.4% to 1.1%	5.1% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Highland city among the places of Utah

46th of 97 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Utah page.

Places of Utah near Highland city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
North Salt Lake city	23,474 ±35
Payson city	23,039 ±66
Hurricane city	22,771 ±26
North Ogden city	21,947 ±75
West Haven city	21,563 ±60
Highland city	20,119 ±61
Brigham City city	19,992 ±58
Bluffdale city	18,797 ±19
Heber city	18,015 ±31
South Ogden city	17,650 ±27
Centerville city	16,679 ±33

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Utah by median household income
No. 2 Places in Utah by homeownership rate
No. 2 Places in Utah by median rent
No. 4 Places in Utah by median home value
No. 4 Places in Utah by per capita income
No. 40 Places in Utah by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026