Harker Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 34,102 people and six associated neighborhoods, Harker Heights is the 103rd largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Harker Heights, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Harker Heights, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Harker Heights’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Harker Heights does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $72,258.00.

There are many members of the armed forces living in Harker Heights. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

Also of interest is that Harker Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Even though Harker Heights is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

The overall education level of Harker Heights citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.30% of adults in Harker Heights have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Harker Heights in 2022 was $34,203, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,812 for a family of four. However, Harker Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Harker Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harker Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harker Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Harker Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Harker Heights include German, English, Dutch, Irish, and British.

The most common language spoken in Harker Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.