Utah · Census place 4935190

Highland, Utah

Highland is a city in Utah County, Utah with an estimated 21,146 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 46th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,146
#46 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
+9.1%
+1,768 people
Land area
8.7 sq mi
Density
2,433 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: Highland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

Highland population, 2020 to 2024

Highland added 1,768 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.1%. In the latest year it moved by +755. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Highland is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,354. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Highland covers 8.69 square miles of land, for 2,433 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Highland is close to the typical town.

What county Highland is in

All of Highland's residents live in Utah County, which had 747,234 residents in 2024. Highland holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Highland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Highland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84003. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Highland is

The Census internal point of Highland is at 40.427600, -111.795600. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 24.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is American Fork, UT (41,298 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 14.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.427600, -111.795600
DMS
40°25'39.36"N 111°47'44.16"W
UTM
12N 432513.0E 4475522.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GCC6H3+2Q

Daylight in Highland

At 40.43° N, Highland gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Highland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Cedar Hills, 2.4 miles away, with 9,916 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Highland, UT?

21,146 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,768 (9.1%) from 19,378 in July 2020.

What county is Highland in?

Utah County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Highland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84003.

How far is Highland from Salt Lake City?

24.6 miles (39.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Highland.

What is the nearest larger city to Highland?

American Fork, UT, with 41,298 residents, 3.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.