Highland Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 8,827 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Highland Park is the 237th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Highland Park was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Highland Park is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 97.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Highland Park is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Highland Park who work in management occupations (22.95%), sales jobs (19.83%), and legal occupations (9.90%).

Of important note, Highland Park is also a town of artists. Highland Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Highland Park's character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Highland Park. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Highland Park.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Highland Park is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Highland Park is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Highland Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Highland Park perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Highland Park spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.41 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Highland Park is a very car-oriented town. 97.93% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Highland Park is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Highland Park has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

Highland Park Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Highland Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Highland Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 74.65% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Highland Park in 2000 was $97,008, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $388,032 for a family of four. However, Highland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Highland Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Highland Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Highland Park include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Italian, European, and French.

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