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Highland, NY
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Highland profile


Living in Highland



Highland is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 6,387 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Highland is the 268th largest community in New York.

Also of interest is that Highland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.71% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Highland, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Highland ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Highland, 46.26% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Highland in 2018 was $39,368, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,472 for a family of four. However, Highland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Highland is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Highland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Highland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Highland include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Highland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.