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Population (year 2000): 7,089
Males: 3,558 (50.2%), Females: 3,531 (49.8%)
Harris County
Zip code:
77562
Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $41,288 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,300 (year 2000)
Races in Highlands:
- White Non-Hispanic (83.6%)
- Hispanic (13.0%)
- Other race (5.3%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- Black (1.6%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (16.1%), Irish
(12.6%), German (9.5%), English (7.4%), French (4.1%), Italian
(2.7%).
Land area: 6.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Highlands
- High school or higher: 76.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Highlands CDP
- Never married: 21.8%
- Now married: 58.5%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 6.2%
- Divorced: 11.6%
5.2% Foreign born (4.2% Latin America, 0.5%
Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Highlands:
- TRIUMPH HOSPITAL EAST HOUSTON (about 5 miles;
CHANNELVIEW, TX)
- SAN JACINTO METHODIST HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
BAYTOWN, TX)
- COLUMBIA E HOUSTON MED CTR E LOOP CAMP (about 9
miles; HOUSTON, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Highlands:
- ELLINGTON FIELD (about 17 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
EFD)
- WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 20 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
HOU)
- GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT/HOUSTON (about 22
miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: IAH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Highlands:
- BAYTOWN (about 8 miles; BAYTOWN, TX; ID: HPY)
- LA PORTE MUNI (about 11 miles; LA PORTE, TX; ID:
T41)
- R W J AIRPARK (about 17 miles; BAYTOWN, TX; ID: 54T)
Amtrak station near Highlands:
- 18 miles: SOUTH HOUSTON (1546 COLLEGE) - Bus Station
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Highlands:
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 9 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,819)
- LEE COLLEGE (about 10 miles; BAYTOWN, TX; FT
enrollment: 3,099)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-CENTRAL CAMPUS (about 13 miles;
PASADENA, TX; FT enrollment: 6,102)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE (about 19 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 4,735)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-SOUTH CAMPUS (about 20 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,513)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN (about 22 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 6,236)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-UNIVERSITY PARK (about 23
miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 25,479)
Private high school in Highlands:
- THE CHINQUAPIN SCHOOL (Students: 115;
Location: 2615 EAST WALLISVILLE RD; Grades: 7 - 12)
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