What is the population of Highwood city?

Highwood city has 5,243 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #328 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Highwood city?

Median household income in Highwood city is $101,862 a year, 29.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Highwood city?

Median gross rent is $1,800 a month and the median home value is $454,500, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.

Is Highwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Highwood city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Highwood, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Highwood, Illinois (Highwood, IL — Census place “Highwood city”) is 5,243 residents, ranking #328 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $101,862, the median home is worth $454,500 and median gross rent runs $1,800 a month. Looking for the Highwood Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Highwood, IL: 60040.

Population: 5,243Highwood city residents
Median household income: $101,862Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $454,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,800Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49%Owner-occupied households

Highwood ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Highwood.

The Highwood IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

60040

What the numbers mean in Highwood city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Highwood city median would spend about 21.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.8% of residents and 49% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Highwood city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Highwood city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 5,243 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #328 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 35.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Highwood city earn a median of $101,862 a year, 29.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 37% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Highwood city is valued at $454,500, 49.8% above the national figure and 154% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,800 a month, 28% above the national figure, or roughly $21,600 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 49% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Highwood city?: Highwood city has 5,243 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #328 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Highwood city?: Median household income in Highwood city is $101,862 a year, 29.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Highwood city?: Median gross rent is $1,800 a month and the median home value is $454,500, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Highwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Highwood city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Highwood city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.