The median home value in Highland, IL is $278,064 as of 2026-06-30, up 6.36% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$278,064
Year-over-Year
+6.36%
Population
9,935
Highland ranks #170 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 12.7% below the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Madison County, where the county-wide median is $202,209.
Highland police recorded a violent crime rate of 131 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 604 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Highland is $278,064. That's up 6.36% from a year earlier. That is about 12.7% below the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Highland are more expensive than Madison County as a whole, where the median is $202,209 — a difference of about 37.5%.
Highland police reported 131 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 9,935. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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