Highland is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Highland, 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 Highland have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Highland were 100 people, 34 would be kids under 18
The 2010 and 2020 censuses put the change at +10%. Highland is home to about 972 people (census survey, 2020–24). 90 in 100 households own their home. For every 100 residents, 9 are 65 or older, beside 17 across MD.
Median age 40.5 (MD 39.4).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.8 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 5.3% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 30 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Highland says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Highland
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Highland’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Highland 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 Highland 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.