Highwood median real estate prices are $188,763, which is more expensive than 61.6% of the neighborhoods in Minnesota and 60.1% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Highwood are currently $686, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 46.1% of Minnesota neighborhoods.

Highwood is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Highwood real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Highwood neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

Real estate vacancies in Highwood are 5.2%, which is lower than one will find in 73.6% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Highwood is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in St. Paul, the Highwood neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Did you know that the Highwood neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 5.8% have Norwegian ancestry.

Highwood is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the Highwood neighborhood.

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Highwood neighborhood in St. Paul are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 28.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place. In the Highwood neighborhood, 37.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 32.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.2%), and 14.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco. In the Highwood neighborhood in St. Paul, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (18.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.1%) , and residents who report Asian roots (10.3%) , and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (5.8%) , along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.8%), among others. In addition, 23.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Highwood neighborhood is English, spoken by 70.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Highwood neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (78.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.2%) and 6.9% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.