Home values, rents and more in Highland City, FL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Highland City compares
The typical home in Highland City, FL is worth about $262,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Highland City are 11% below the typical value in the Lakeland metro area ($296,000) and 29% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Highland City fell 2.0%, compared with −2.2% in the Lakeland metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $90,947, against $65,978 in the Lakeland metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 13,276 people live in Highland City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Highland City has the 8th-lowest typical home value of the 20 cities in the Lakeland metro area and the 98th-lowest of 496 in Florida with Zillow figures.
Part of: Polk County, FL · Lakeland metro area · Florida
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.