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Highlands CDP, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Highlands CDP is a Census CDP of 6,335 people across 4.88 square miles of land, in Harris County. Median household income is $52,167, 80.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $613,700.
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Highlands
What Highlands is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.88 sq mi
- Water area1.64 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,298 plus or minus 290
- County holding the largest share of its areaHarris 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
- Population6,335 plus or minus 1,418
- Median age40.6 plus or minus 11.2
- Population under 181,355 plus or minus 631
- Share under 1821.4 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Population 65 and over1,546 plus or minus 368
- Share 65 and over24.4 percent
- Households2,240
- Family households1,613 plus or minus 338
- Share of households that are families72.0 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$52,167 plus or minus $12,038
- Per capita income$31,834 plus or minus $8,686
- Civilian labor force2,826 plus or minus 639
- Employed2,541 plus or minus 551
- Unemployed285 plus or minus 161
- Unemployment rate10.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over4,541 plus or minus 916
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.7 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Highlands
- Housing units2,766
- Occupied units2,240
- Vacant units526 plus or minus 216
- Vacancy rate19.0 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied1,802
- Renter occupied438 plus or minus 169
- Ownership rate80.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$214,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,223 plus or minus $560
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.1 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Single family units1,954
- Share single family70.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more79 plus or minus 77
- Share in buildings of two or more2.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Mobile homes631 plus or minus 214
- Median year structure built1979
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 commute2,330 plus or minus 532
- Commuting under 15 minutes352 plus or minus 174
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,133 plus or minus 351
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.6 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Drove alone75.1 percent
- Carpooled15.2 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Public transport4.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
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))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$613,700
- Average approval$204,567
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$488,700
- Largest approval$488,700
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval2.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
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.
Harris County, not Highlands
Harris County context, not Highlands figures
These are Harris 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 Harris County111,215
- Employment at those establishments, Harris County2,182,164
- Covered employment, Harris County2,445,972
- Average annual pay, Harris County$88,554
- Average weekly wage, Harris County$1,703
- Housing units permitted, Harris County29,936
- Of those, single family, Harris County20,087
- County product, 2024, Harris County$592,750,582,000
- County product change over the prior year, Harris County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Harris County$73,835
Every figure in this section is published for Harris 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, Texas?
6,335, in 2,240 households. Highlands CDP covers 4.88 square miles of land, which is 1,298 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?
Harris 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?
$52,167. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $214,400. Median gross rent is $1,223 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?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $613,700, across 2 lenders, median approval $100,000. 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 Harris 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.
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