The Highlands is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join The Highlands, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does The Highlands have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
The Highlands in 100 people: 9 kids under 18 (KS: 24)
The Highlands has about 352 residents (2025 Census estimate). Across KS, 67 in 100 households own their home; locally, 88. 41 in 100 residents are 65 or older, against 17 across KS.
Median age 56.7 (KS 37.4).
About 88 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.5 points).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 3.5% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 22 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how The Highlands says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 2 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in The Highlands
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What The Highlands’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is The Highlands or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in The Highlands in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.