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Highland, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Highland, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 15,971. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet HIGHLAND-IL · Highland, IL 1 ZIPs · 15,971 pop · #6319/25278 · Madison County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $90,424
  • RANK-UPPER #6319/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Godfrey
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 15,971
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $227,700

Nearest income peer: Godfrey, IL (+ $3,549 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Highland

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Highland on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Highland, IL sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
15,971
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,424
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $90,424 and home value $227,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 39.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Highland as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Hampton is the closest lower-income city and Allerton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Highland.

Population concentration

Highland's single ZIP 62249 carries the town

Highland is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 62249 is the entire residential footprint (15,971 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Highland's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 419 establishments, 5,406 employees , annual payroll $289,062k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 62249 (419 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (59) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Highland, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Madison County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Highland. See the Madison County roll-up →

Highland lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Madison County: Edwardsville, Godfrey and Troy earn more and Granite City, Collinsville and Alton earn less. Madison marks the far end of that range at $46,563, 49% below Highland.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
62249 15,971 $90,424 419 72
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Highland roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Highland, .