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Highland Lakes CDP, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Highland Lakes CDP is a Census CDP of 5,866 people across 3.75 square miles of land, in Shelby County. Median household income is $169,361, 96.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Highland Lakes
What Highland Lakes is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.75 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,563
- County holding the largest share of its areaShelby County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Lakes
How many people live in Highland Lakes
- Population5,866
- Median age47.2
- Population under 181,107 plus or minus 284
- Share under 1818.9 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over1,162 plus or minus 306
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Households2,191
- Family households1,831
- Share of households that are families83.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Lakes
Income and work in Highland Lakes
- Median household income$169,361 plus or minus $37,963
- Per capita income$86,426 plus or minus $21,238
- Civilian labor force3,344
- Employed3,286
- Unemployed58 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over4,274
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher73.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.0 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Lakes
Housing in Highland Lakes
- Housing units2,356
- Occupied units2,191
- Vacant units165 plus or minus 154
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Owner occupied2,117
- Renter occupied74 plus or minus 70
- Ownership rate96.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$599,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,201 plus or minus $611
- Annual rent as a share of median income8.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units2,328
- Share single family98.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more28 plus or minus 48
- Share in buildings of two or more1.2 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2005
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Lakes
How Highland Lakes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,524 plus or minus 512
- Commuting under 15 minutes384 plus or minus 229
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.2 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,369 plus or minus 337
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.2 percent
- Drove alone70.0 percent
- Carpooled6.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home22.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shelby County, not Highland Lakes
Shelby County context, not Highland Lakes figures
These are Shelby County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Highland Lakes measurements.
- Establishments in Shelby County5,610
- Employment at those establishments, Shelby County87,718
- Covered employment, Shelby County85,169
- Average annual pay, Shelby County$66,772
- Average weekly wage, Shelby County$1,284
- Housing units permitted, Shelby County990
- Of those, single family, Shelby County990
- County product, 2024, Shelby County$17,332,832,000
- County product change over the prior year, Shelby County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Shelby County$90,316
Every figure in this section is published for Shelby County as a whole and is not a measurement of Highland Lakes. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Highland Lakes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Highland Lakes, Alabama?
5,866, in 2,191 households. Highland Lakes CDP covers 3.75 square miles of land, which is 1,563 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Highland Lakes in?
Shelby County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Highland Lakes?
$169,361. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $599,200. Median gross rent is $1,201 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Highland Lakes figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Shelby County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Highland Lakes.
Is zoning published for Highland Lakes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.