Highland

Population & Demographics

Highland, CA

Highland is home to 56,675 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 25,766 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
56,675
people
Population

56,675 residents

Median age 33.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Highland population & demographics

Who lives in Highland — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
56,675
Median age
33.5yrs
Median household income
$77,120
Median home value
$485,600
Median gross rent
$1,629/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.7%
Poverty rate
17.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Highland

How Highland breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino57.2%
White24.2%
Asian8.7%
Black5.5%
Two or more races3.1%
Some other race0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Highland

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Highland.

Highland at a glance
Employed Residents
25,766
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
4.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Bernardino
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Highland proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Highland commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

42 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Highland

25,766 commutes, one dot at a time

Highland

Where 25,766 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Highland, by worker count.

1San Bernardino5.9 mi4,739
2Redlands4.5 mi1,985
3Riverside16.6 mi1,343
4Los Angeles67.7 mi1,102
5Highland0.0 mi1,018
6Loma Linda5.5 mi873
7Rialto10.8 mi812
8Ontario25.1 mi709

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Highland.

1San Bernardino5.9 mi1,035
2Highland0.0 mi1,018
3Redlands4.5 mi367
4Moreno Valley13.4 mi262
5Fontana15.1 mi245
6Rialto10.8 mi219
7Yucaipa10.4 mi217
8Riverside16.6 mi191

Top industries

The sectors that employ Highland’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance36.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services15.1%
RTRetail Trade11.7%
COConstruction6.4%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.8%
EDEducational Services5.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.8%
MFManufacturing4.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services2.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Highland

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps61%
5 Gbps61%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Highland

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