Highlands-Baywood Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 4,027 at the 2010 census.

2010

The population was spread out with 1,061 people (26.3%) under the age of 18, 182 people (4.5%) aged 18 to 24, 798 people (19.8%) aged 25 to 44, 1,179 people (29.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 807 people (20.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.6 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

There were 1,467 housing units at an average density of 811.6 per square mile (313.4/km²), of which 1,255 (88.1%) were owner-occupied, and 170 (11.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.6%. 3,410 people (84.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 429 people (10.7%) lived in rental housing units.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Highlands-Baywood Park:

• College of San Mateo (about 1 miles; San Mateo, CA; Full-time enrollment: 2,867)
• Skyline College (about 10 miles; San Bruno, CA; FT enrollment: 2,853)
• Stanford University (about 12 miles; Stanford, CA; FT enrollment: 14,562)
• City College of San Francisco (about 16 miles; San Francisco, CA; FT enrollment: 7,278)
• San Francisco State University (about 16 miles; San Francisco, CA; FT enrollment: 23,001)
• Chabot College (about 16 miles; Hayward, CA; FT enrollment: 4,344)
• Foothill College (about 17 miles; Los Altos Hills, CA; FT enrollment: 4,985)