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Highland is a big small town of 5,114 people in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It's about 4 miles from Evansville, IN and 104 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 11 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $240k and rent runs about $2k a month.
5,114people
$240kTypical home
$1,695/moRent
89° / 42°Summer / winter
11"Snow
230Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,114
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,255 people per sq mi
- 104 mi to Louisville, KY
- 4 mi to Evansville, IN
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $240k (≈$1,516/mo)
- Median rent $1,695/mo
- Median household income $98k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (93 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- 11" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- High violent crime (837 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,159 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 31% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 2 mi to EVV airport
- 100 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 91 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 427 ft
- 506 mi to the ocean
- 74 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 67 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 20 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 245 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 38 bars within 25 mi
- 48 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Vanderburgh County: R+13 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk