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Highland, AR has a population of 1,059 people with a median age of 46 and a median household income of $40,694. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Highland, AR grew from 999 to 1,059, a 6.01% increase and its median household income declined from $40,900 to $40,694, a 0.5% decrease.
The population of Highland, AR is 96.1% White, 1.98% Two+, and 1.61% Hispanic. 2.59% of the people in Highland, AR speak a non-English language, and 99% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Highland, AR are Ozarka College, with 500 graduates, University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville, with 419 graduates, and Lyon College, with 154 graduates.
The median property value in Highland, AR is $89,900, and the homeownership rate is 81.4%. Most people in Highland, AR commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 19.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Highland, AR is 2 cars per household.
Highland, AR is a census place located in Sharp County, AR. It borders Ash Flat, AR; Cherokee Village, AR; and Hardy, AR.
The economy of Highland, AR employs 370 people. The economy of Highland, AR is specialized in Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction; Utilities; and Transportation & Warehousing, which employ respectively 5.9; 2.92; and 1.88 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Highland, AR are Educational Services (54), Healthcare & Social Assistance (51), and Retail trade (49), and the highest paying industries are Finance & Insurance ($53,750), Transportation & Warehousing ($53,393), and Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($47,000).
Median household income in Highland, AR is $40,694. Males in Highland, AR have an average income that is 1.48 times higher than the average income of females, which is $31,362. The income inequality of Highland, AR (measured using the Gini index) is 0.463 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Highland, AR. In Sharp County, AR the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 55-64, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 41 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,102. Phillips County, AR has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Arkansas.
Highland, AR is home to a population of 1,059 people, from which 99% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Highland, AR is composed of 1,018 White residents (96.1%), 21 Two+ residents (1.98%), 17 Hispanic residents (1.61%), 3 Asian residents (0.28%), and 0 Other residents (N/A). The most common foreign languages in Highland, AR are Spanish (9 speakers), Vietnamese (3 speakers), and Mon-Khmer, Cambodian (3 speakers), but compared to other places, Highland, AR has a relative high number of Mon-Khmer, Cambodian (3 speakers), Vietnamese (3 speakers), and Spanish (9 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR awarded 1,073 degrees. The student population of Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR is skewed towards females, with 264 male students and 809 female students. Most students in Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR are White (963 and 89.7%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (31 and 2.89%), Two or more races (25 and 2.33%), and Black or African American (16 and 1.49%). The largest universities in Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR by number of graduates are Ozarka College (500 and 46.6%), University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville (419 and 39%), and Lyon College (154 and 14.4%). The most popular majors in Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR are Liberal Arts & Sciences (153 and 14.3%), Registered Nursing (100 and 9.3%), and Teacher Education (35 and 3.26%). The median tuition costs in Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR are N/A for private four year colleges, and $26,050 and $26,050 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Highland, AR is $89,900, which is 0.44 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $88,500 to $89,900, a 1.58% increase. The homeownership rate of Highland, AR is 81.4%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Highland, AR have an average commute time of 19.8 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Highland, AR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
