Highland

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Highland

Total population

20,119

Median home value

$928,300

64.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$186,075

Highland$186k

National$74k

Weather81°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates40.43°, -111.80°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Highland is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Salt Lake City and is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 census, the population was 19,348, a nearly 25% increase over the 2010 figure of 15,523.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Highland, UT from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

W

Wayne C. Booth

American academic

Gary Herbert

American politician

Reva Beck Bosone

United States Congresswoman from Utah

D. Todd Christofferson

Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

J

Jordan Smith

American baseball player

A

Arielle Martin

American bicycle motocross rider

A

Abel John Evans

American politician (1852–1939)

Amy B. Lyman

Leader in the LDS Church and American politician

Bronco Mendenhall

American football player and coach (born 1966)

C

Clinton F. Larson

writer

Craig S. King

American lawyer

D

D. Elmo Hardy

American entomologist (1914–2002)

Derek Smith

American football player, born 1975

D

Dick Felt

American football player and coach (1933-2012)

G

Gene Raymond Cook

emeritus general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

G

George Durrant

US author, educator, speaker

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Highland

News Clippings from American Fork, Alpine and Highland, Utah 1850 - 1898

Kaylene Canfield · 2021

Social change in a Yemeni highlands town

Stevenson, Thomas B. · 1985

Development and change in highland Yemen

Charles F. Swagman · 1988

Pottery ethnoarchaeology in the Central Maya Highlands

Michael Deal · 1998

Archaeology and Identity on the Pacific Coast and Southern Highlands of Mesoamerica

Claudia García-Des Lauriers · 2016

Geology and Gold Mineralization of the South Pass Granite-Greenstone Terrain, Western Wyoming

W. Dan Hausel · 1985

Proceedings of the first International Conference on the New Basement Tectonics

Robert A. Hodgson · 1976

The silence of snow

Anita Stansfield · 2009

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Rocky Canyon, Morgan, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 36 mi
• Wildfire Tom Creek, Tooele, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 56 mi
• Wildfire Brushy Canyon, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-27 · 69 mi
• Wildfire Black Canyon, Sanpete, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-07-30 · 77 mi
• Wildfire Johnson Canyon, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 103 mi
• Wildfire Salt Wells, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 106 mi
• Wildfire Slough Canyon, Grand, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 123 mi
• Wildfire Widemouth 2, Millard, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 123 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).