City safety & data profile

HighlandUT

Highland, UT is a 18K-resident city in Utah County with a median household income of $186,075.

Utah County, Utah. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Highland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Highland has a population larger than 38% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $928,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

18K
Population (place)
Bottom 39%
By size
$186,075
Median income (place)
$928,300
Median home (place)
1.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Highland

Highland posts a median household income higher than 97% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 3%
by median income, US cities

Where Highland income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$186,075 Top 3% higher than 97% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Highland $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in UT

Population among 58 UT places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Salt Lake City is the largest UT city on this list; Highland leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in UT

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Highland posts the highest place-level median income in UT; Salt Lake City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Highland, UT beyond the headline numbers

Highland sits inside Utah County, Utah, at roughly 40.43°N, -111.79°W. Population 17,989, $186,075 median household income. Median home value $928,300, median rent $2,166. Poverty rate 1.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 1.9% of Highland, UT residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Highland runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

23.3% of Highland workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 8.8% in Highland, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Highland's median age is 28 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Highland from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
17,989
Highland · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$186,075
+108% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$928,300
+124% vs avg
Median Age (place)
28
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Utah County): Highland's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
705K+33%
Median Income
$100,671+67%
Median Home Value
$538,700+143%
Poverty Rate
8.7%-38%
Unemployment
3.7%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Highland, UT
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,166/mo
Poverty Rate
1.9% -85% vs avg
Unemployment 3.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 64.4%
Work From Home 23.3%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 86.3%
African American 1.5%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
29.9%
Obesity
27.7%
High Blood Pressure
24.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.1%
Physical Inactivity
11.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.8%
Current Asthma
9.6%
Binge Drinking
8.8%
Diabetes
6.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 79.8%
Annual Checkup 72.2%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
5%
Coronary Heart Disease
3.9%
Stroke
2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Highland?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Highland right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet UT-HIGHLAND-UT · Highland

Highland: 20 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 20 on record
  • WX-LED 95% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 16 · El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Highland

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 20 tagged notices on record for Highland.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ4)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Highland; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Utah state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (20 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Highland, UT? ▼
Highland, UT has a population of 17,989 people, located in Utah County, Utah.
What is the median household income in Highland? ▼
The median household income in Highland, UT is $186,075 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 1.9%.
What is the median home value in Highland? ▼
The median home value in Highland, UT is $928,300. Median rent is $2,166/month.
What are the top health concerns in Highland? ▼
The top health indicators in Highland include Short Sleep Duration (29.9%), Obesity (27.7%), High Blood Pressure (24.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Highland? ▼
The median age in Highland, UT is 28 years. 64.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Highland, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside UT (1.9% here).

West Springfield, VA 1.9% Rogers, MN 1.9% Monfort Heights, OH 1.9% Upper Montclair, NJ 1.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside UT ($186,075 here).

Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 Burke, VA $185,818 Merrick, NY $185,740 North Potomac, MD $186,514

Compare Highland with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Alpine, UT 10K Cedar Hills, UT 10K American Fork, UT 28K Lehi, UT 58K Pleasant Grove, UT 38K Lindon, UT 11K Draper, UT 47K Saratoga Springs, UT 25K
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Using Highland's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Highland area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Highland against Utah peers on any ranking lens. Explore Utah

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Utah County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.