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Highland, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Highland, MI: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 16,577. 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-MI · Highland, MI 2 ZIPs · 16,577 pop · #4548/25278 · Oakland County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $99,413
  • RANK-TOP #4548/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Royal Oak
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,577
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 48357→48356
  • HOME-MID $348,750

Nearest income peer: Royal Oak, MI (+ $2,821 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, MI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 18%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,577
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$99,413
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 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $99,413 and home value $348,750 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 33.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Michigan, Dorr is the closest lower-income city and Grass Lake the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Highland.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Highland differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Highland: $94,954 in ZIP 48357 to $103,872 in 48356. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.1×

48357 to 48356

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.1×

48356 to 48357

Poverty-rate spread
2.9 points

48356 to 48357

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 48356 skews compact Highland

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 48356 covers about 51% of Highland's 16,577 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Highland

Citywide ZBP: 386 establishments, 3,292 employees , annual payroll $181,224k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 48357 (235 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (59) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Highland, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Oakland County, which covers 66 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Highland. See the Oakland County roll-up →

Highland sits in the lower half of Oakland County on income: Rochester, Farmington and Troy report more, Southfield, Waterford and Pontiac report less. Bloomfield Hills marks the far end of that range at $162,817, 64% above Highland.

Side-by-side: Compare 48356 vs 48357 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
48356 8,407 $103,872 151 229
48357 8,170 $94,954 235 269
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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, .