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SheetOH-HIGHLAND-HOLIDAY-OH · Highland Holiday, OH 1,004 pop · income 18th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Highland Holiday
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Highland Holiday on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Vardaman · lowest
36,000
Vardaman · lowest
36,000 median HH income
23.7% of the leader · rank #1
Highland Holi… · this city
48,988
Highland Holi… · this city
48,988 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #2
Indio Hills · near
48,988
Indio Hills · near
48,988 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #3
Corydon · near
48,988
Corydon · near
48,988 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #4
Empire · near
48,990
Empire · near
48,990 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #5
White Oak · near
48,991
White Oak · near
48,991 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #6
Far Hills · highest
152,188
Far Hills · highest
152,188 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Highland Holiday on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,004.
Nationally, Highland Holiday sits in the 18th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
18th
percentile, household income
2nd
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Highland Holiday, OH
Ohio's Highland Holiday is a small town, with 1,004 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Highland Holiday households earn a median of $48,988 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 38.4%. Typical homes in Highland Holiday are valued around $66,400, and the median resident age is 23.4 years. About 4.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 40.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Ohio at 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,092 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Ohio's average monthly utility costs around $228 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Highland Holiday's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Highland Holiday, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Highland Holiday?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Highland Holiday?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 38.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for Highland Holiday?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Flushing (1,004 residents, $64,250 income); Liberty Center (1,002 residents, $73,548 income); Yorkville (1,002 residents, $50,625 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hamel, IL (1,004 residents); Villisca, IA (1,004 residents); Goshen, KY (1,004 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Low income · poverty 38.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
F
City profile score · Highland Holiday, OH
25/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$48,988
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
38.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Highland Holiday profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Household income: 19/100 (F) · $48,988
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 38.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.0%
How does Highland Holiday compare to other US cities?
Highland Holiday measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income18% higher than other cities
Home value2% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Highland Holiday against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Highland Holiday near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Highland Holiday ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Highland Holiday only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#937 of 1,145
18th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#1,132 of 1,164
3rd percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#22 of 1,196
98th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,127 of 1,196
6th percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
18th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Highland Holiday's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$66,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 98% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#219 of 15,516
More affordable than 99% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#215 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.4×, Highland Holiday sits in the affordable band:
national rank #219 of 15,516 and #215 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$48,988Highland Holiday, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Highland Holiday, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Highland Holiday, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)38.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,004
Median Income
$48,988
Median Home Value
$66,400
Median Age
23.4
Poverty Rate
38.4%
Labor force participation
40.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.3%
Carpool
20.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 285 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Highland Holiday. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Highland Holiday is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Highland Holiday sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Highland Holiday compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.