Highland is a medium-sized town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 23,546 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Highland is the 35th largest community in Indiana.

Highland is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Highland is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Highland who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.06%), sales jobs (13.24%), and management occupations (8.48%).

Being a small town, Highland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Highland Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Highland who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 22.07% of adults in Highland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Highland in 2000 was $24,530, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,120 for a family of four.

The people who call Highland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Highland is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Highland include German, Polish, Irish, Dutch, English, Italian, Slovak, and Hungarian.

The most common language spoken in Highland is English. Some people also speak Spanish.