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Highlands, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Highlands, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,459. 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 HIGHLANDS-TX · Highlands, TX 1 ZIPs · 10,459 pop · #19028/25278 · Harris County

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

  • INC-MID $57,364
  • RANK-LOWER #19028/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Channelview
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,459
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $217,700

Nearest income peer: Channelview, TX (+ $4,831 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 Highlands

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Highlands 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, Highlands, TX sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

25th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,459
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,364
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $57,364 and poverty 10.4% concentrate in 77562.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Highlands as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Overton is the closest lower-income city and Higgins the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Highlands.

Population concentration

Highlands reads through its lone ZIP, 77562

10,459 ACS residents, one ZIP: 77562 is not the leading code inside Highlands, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Highlands

Citywide ZBP: 123 establishments, 1,788 employees , annual payroll $94,891k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 77562 (123 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (20) · also Accommodation and food services · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Highlands, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Harris County, which covers 132 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Highlands. See the Harris County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Harris County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Highlands, Houston, Spring and Katy among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Cypress marks the far end of that range at $131,563, 129% above Highlands.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
77562 10,459 $57,364 123 272
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Highlands 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 Highlands, .