Work & commute · North Highlands

Work & commute in North Highlands, CA

Most working residents leave North Highlands for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (21%), Roseville (8%) and Rancho Cordova (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,093 of 18,416 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,323 North Highlands residents head out of town to work, 1,093 work right here, and 14,406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Highlands.

17,323live here, work elsewhere

1,093live and work here

14,406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Highlands goes to work

Sacramento8.8 mi away

21%3,888

Roseville7.4 mi away

8%1,392

North Highlands (in town)right here

6%1,093

Rancho Cordova9.8 mi away

4%801

Arden-Arcade4.9 mi away

4%709

Carmichael3.8 mi away

3%578

West Sacramento12.5 mi away

2%444

Citrus Heights4.8 mi away

2%433

Folsom12.4 mi away

2%416

San Francisco111.3 mi away

2%412

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%8,250

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far North Highlands commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

53%

21%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Highlands is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Highlands are

15,499 jobs are based in North Highlands. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Highlands

15,499 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs North Highlands residents hold

18,416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+4%

Jobs based in North Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 14,882 → 15,499. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.