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Highlands borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Highlands borough is a Census borough of 4,518 people across 0.74 square miles of land, in Monmouth County. Median household income is $91,913, 61.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $778,000.
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Highlands
What Highlands is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.74 sq mi
- Water area0.65 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,104
- County holding the largest share of its areaMonmouth 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.
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How many people live in Highlands
- Population4,518
- Median age46.8
- Population under 18598 plus or minus 209
- Share under 1813.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over1,092 plus or minus 301
- Share 65 and over24.2 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Households2,447
- Family households1,192
- Share of households that are families48.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Highlands
- Median household income$91,913
- Per capita income$69,009
- Civilian labor force2,280
- Employed2,110
- Unemployed170 plus or minus 109
- Unemployment rate7.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over3,708
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Highlands
- Housing units2,808
- Occupied units2,447
- Vacant units361 plus or minus 145
- Vacancy rate12.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied1,492
- Renter occupied955
- Ownership rate61.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$455,000 plus or minus $106,841
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,658
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.6 percent
- Single family units1,278
- Share single family45.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,513 plus or minus 378
- Share in buildings of two or more53.9 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 28
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Highlands gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,728
- Commuting under 15 minutes312 plus or minus 226
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.1 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more846 plus or minus 203
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.0 percent
- Drove alone62.3 percent
- Carpooled4.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport8.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home18.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Highlands (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$778,000
- Average approval$194,500
- Median approval$325,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$383,000
- Largest approval$383,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval6.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Monmouth County, not Highlands
Monmouth County context, not Highlands figures
These are Monmouth County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Highlands measurements.
- Establishments in Monmouth County19,883
- Employment at those establishments, Monmouth County257,734
- Covered employment, Monmouth County274,000
- Average annual pay, Monmouth County$70,560
- Average weekly wage, Monmouth County$1,357
- Housing units permitted, Monmouth County2,782
- Of those, single family, Monmouth County2,151
- County product, 2024, Monmouth County$52,693,317,000
- County product change over the prior year, Monmouth County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Monmouth County$138,672
Every figure in this section is published for Monmouth County as a whole and is not a measurement of Highlands. 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.
- 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
Highlands questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Highlands, New Jersey?
4,518, in 2,447 households. Highlands borough covers 0.74 square miles of land, which is 6,104 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Highlands in?
Monmouth 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 Highlands?
$91,913. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $455,000. Median gross rent is $1,658 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Highlands businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $778,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $325,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Highlands, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Highlands borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Highlands. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Highlands figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Monmouth 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 Highlands.
Is zoning published for Highlands?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.