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Highland, Illinois, in Madison County, is 30 miles E of St. Louis, Missouri. The people of the city are in the Saint Louis metropolitan area. Highland has a population of 9,433.

WEALTH & EDUCATION
In 2000, Highland had a median family income of $52,240. 13.2% are in " Management, Business or Financial Operations" ;17.4% are in "Professional and Related Operations"; 13.4% are in "Service", and 29.8% are in "Sales and Office". Highland benefits from its educated workforce, 6.8%of the population have earned a Master's, Professional, or Doctorate degreeand 13.5% had earned a Bachelor's degree.

HIGHLAND HOUSING
In Highland, 69% of the houses and apartments are occupied by the owners. The average rental costs of a 2 bedroom apartment is $400- $650 while the average rent of a 2 bedroom home is in the $500-$750 range.

 BOND RATING

Moody's Investor Service has sold bonds for the City of Highland twice over the last 18 months and in doing so , has given the City the highest rating available each time, Aaa.  Standard & Poor's and Moody's are the best-known and most influential credit rating agencies. Their role as raters is to assess the risk of certain bonds through the study of all information provided to the public and to assign grades