It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Highlands has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Highlands has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Highlands than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Highlands may be for you.
In Highlands, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Highlands, even though it is a small town, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, town who have a need for low-cost transportation.
The rate of college-level education in Highlands is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.32% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Highlands in 2022 was $31,834, 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 $127,336 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 40.54% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Highlands include English, German, Irish, Swedish, and French.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Highlands's cultural character, accounting for 16.75% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Highlands is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
