Demographics of Highland town, Indiana

Highland town, Indiana had 23,409 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −554 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 town, in four figures

23,409
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 23,680 ±35.; −2.3%
Change since July 2020: −554 people.; 44.6 ±1.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $78,062 ±$6,342
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 town, Indiana's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Highland town, Indiana'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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Highland town, Indiana's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Highland town, Indiana'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	23,963	100.0	100.0
2021	23,812	99.4	100.2
2022	23,634	98.6	100.7
2023	23,510	98.1	101.6
2024	23,483	98.0	102.5
2025	23,409	97.7	103.1

Population of Highland town, Indiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	23,963	—
2021	23,812	−151
2022	23,634	−178
2023	23,510	−124
2024	23,483	−27
2025	23,409	−74

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.6 ±1.9: for men 43.7 ±2.2 and for women 45.3 ±2.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Highland town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Under 5	1,421 ±356	6.0% ±1.5	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,045 ±403	12.9% ±1.7	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,452 ±262	6.1% ±1.1	9.6% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,082 ±543	25.7% ±2.3	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,584 ±601	27.8% ±2.5	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,096 ±490	21.5% ±2.1	16.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $78,062 ±$6,342, and income per person $42,248 ±$2,680, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,957 ±$352 in Indiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Highland town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Indiana	United States
Under $25,000	1,371 ±333	13.1% ±3.2	15.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,912 ±382	18.3% ±3.6	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,744 ±326	16.7% ±3.1	17.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,339 ±229	12.8% ±2.2	13.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,274 ±305	21.8% ±2.8	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,013 ±261	9.7% ±2.5	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	787 ±201	7.5% ±1.9	8.2% ±0.1	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 town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Indiana	United States
All ages	2,724 ±748	11.6% ±3.2	12.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	880 ±320	20.1% ±6.9	16.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,351 ±384	10.9% ±3.0	11.9% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	493 ±149	7.2% ±2.1	9.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Highland town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Highland town	Indiana	United States
Housing units	10,879 ±356	2,976,568 ±617	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.0% ±4.3	91.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.0% ±1.6	8.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	78.4% ±3.3	70.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	21.6% ±3.4	29.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$233,300 ±$5,010	$218,200 ±$739	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,230 ±$104	$1,062 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1967 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

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 town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,815 ±608	20.3% ±2.6	8.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	15,553 ±804	65.7% ±3.4	75.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,050 ±427	8.7% ±1.8	9.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	218 to 650	0.9% to 2.7%	2.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 8	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 201	0% to 0.8%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	729 ±244	3.1% ±1.0	3.8% ±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 town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Born in the state	13,750 ±597	58.1% ±2.5	67.0% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,910 ±574	33.4% ±2.4	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	82 to 302	0.3% to 1.3%	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,828 ±378	7.7% ±1.6	6.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,134 ±318	4.8% ±1.3	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	694 ±265	2.9% ±1.1	3.7% ±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 town among the places of Indiana

43rd of 135 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Indiana page.

Places of Indiana near Highland town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Marion city	27,531 ±646
Franklin city	26,168 ±732
East Chicago city	26,022 ±44
Greenfield city	24,940 ±36
Munster town	23,733 ±62
Highland town	23,680 ±35
Avon town	23,437 ±90
St. John town	22,567 ±137
La Porte city	22,449 ±670
Seymour city	22,371 ±430
Clarksville town	22,016 ±219

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Indiana by median age
No. 9 Places in Indiana by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 13 Places in Indiana by median rent
No. 13 Places in Indiana by per capita income
No. 15 Places in Indiana by homeownership rate
No. 19 Places in Indiana by foreign-born share

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