Highland, Arkansas.
. Batesville, AR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$613 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Arkansas$1,177
- United States$1,922
Living in Highland, Sharp County, Arkansas
Highland is a city of 982 people in Sharp County. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Sharp County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Sharp County work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Highland is a small Arkansas city in Sharp County, home to fewer people than most places that carry the name of a city. Nearly all of its homes are lived in by their owners, a far higher share than across the county or the country, which points to a settled, long-established community. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and household incomes in the county run on the modest side.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with the building trades, shops and manufacturing close behind. Across Sharp County, the largest workplaces include the Highland School District, Walmart and the Cave City School District. Unemployment across the county has eased compared with a year earlier, though the number of jobs has barely changed, and only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. The South Fork Spring River and Myatt Creek are both a short drive away, and make for time by the water. A longer drive brings you to Mammoth Spring State Park, a protected area, and to Grand Gulf State Park, another protected area. Winters are cold but not severe, with a little snow, and summers are hot and fairly wet through the year, so the rivers and parks are open to enjoy in most seasons.
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- 404households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 7%work from home
What people in Sharp County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sharp County had 3,950 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 69°. About 7 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hardy weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sharp County
- Highland School DistrictSchool district289FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters245
- Cave City School DistrictSchool district232FTE
- Emerson Professional Tools MFGPower transmission equipment, electrical, merchant wholesalers142
- UniFirst CAVE CITY MAT MANUFIndustrial launderer102
- Harp's Food StoreRetail grocery50
- North Arkansas Electric Cooperative - Ash FlatDistribution of electric power25
- Houchens Food GroupSupermarkets and other grocery stores23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 587 people in all across the county; Highland has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Highland’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sharp County and the Batesville, AR metro.
Highland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Highland14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Highland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Highland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.