The 2010 United States Census reported that North Highlands had a population of 42,694.

The main streets are Watt Avenue, Elkhorn Blvd, and Walerga Road. North Highlands has a high crime rate for an area of its size, and a homicide rate four times the city itself. In 1995, McClellan Air Force Base was identified for closure as part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) IV process. North Highlands is a low-income residential housing area with some commercial and industrial regions around the former McClellan Air Force Base, now a civilian business center and airport called McClellan Business Park. The local high school is Highlands High School, which is surrounded by quite a few elementary and charter schools. In 2008, the two districts merged, creating the Twin Rivers Unified School District.

Until 2008, North Highlands was served by two school districts, Rio Linda Union School District which covered K-6 grades and Grant Joint Union High School District for grades 7-12. ДЄccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (23В km 2), all of it land.ДЄccording to the KГ¶ppen Climate Classification system, North Highlands has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated 'Csa' on climate maps.

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