One downside of living in Highlands is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Highlands, the average commute to work is 31.24 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
In Highlands, just 12.53% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Highlands in 2022 was $29,286, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,144 for a family of four. However, Highlands contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Highlands is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Highlands home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Highlands residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Highlands also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.77% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Highlands include English, Irish, German, French, and Swedish.
Highlands also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.94%.
The most common language spoken in Highlands is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
