Highlands Ranch.
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Colorado·Douglas County
23 tracts·90K people·$713K median·3,706/mi²
White 78 · Hispanic 10 · Asian 6 · Multiracial 4 · Black 1 · Other 1
Married couple 63 · Living alone 21 · Other 16
Professional 33 · Retail 25 · Health 17 · Leisure 12 · Manufacturing 9 · Public admin 0 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 64 · Sales · office 19 · Service 9 · Production · transport 5 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 61 · Work from home 32 · Carpool 7 · Walk 1 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Highlands Ranch is $712,700 (Census ACS) — 1.6× the US median of $458,812.
Highlands Ranch has 102,257 residents across 20 census tracts and 19 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 41.5; the population is 78.3% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.1% Asian, 4.5% Multiracial, 0.8% Black and 0.7% Other; the average household has 2.6 people; 67.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 2.9% (Census ACS).
Stone Mountain Elementary (81%), Platte River Charter Academy (76%) and Heritage Elementary School (75%) lead the elementary schools; Rocky Heights Middle School (66%), Mountain Ridge Middle School (60%) and Ranch View Middle School (58%) lead the middle schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $2,531/month, 60% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Highlands Ranch is $159,307 a year, 85% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Highlands Ranch, median rent is $2,531/month and the median home value is $712,700 (Census ACS).
Summer highs average 85°F; winter lows average 19°F; there are 55 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 18 inches; snowfall averages 64 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Highlands Ranch are lightning (92), hail (91) and wildfire (88), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.14g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Highlands Ranch scores 11.6 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 0.9% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).