About East Highland Park

East Highland Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 12,488 people and just one neighborhood, East Highland Park is the 80th largest community in Virginia.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Highland Park is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Highland Park is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Highland Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.82%), sales jobs (8.10%), and management occupations (5.05%).

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

East Highland Park, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

Residents of East Highland Park by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 96.5% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While East Highland Park may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

East Highland Park Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in East Highland Park with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.40% of adults in East Highland Park have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in East Highland Park in 2000 was $17,251, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,004 for a family of four.

East Highland Park is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Highland Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in East Highland Park is African-American, followed by White. The main ancestry of people in East Highland Park is English.

The most common language spoken in East Highland Park is English.