Highlands Ranch, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Highlands Ranch CDP is a mid-size city in Colorado, with 101,437 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #13 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 41.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Highlands Ranch CDP earn a median of $155,847 a year, 98.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 80% above the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 2.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Highlands Ranch CDP is valued at $672,600, 121.7% above the national figure and 48% above the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,397 a month, 70.5% above the national figure, or roughly $28,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 79.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.