Work & commute · High Springs

Work & commute in High Springs, FL

Most working residents leave High Springs for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (41%), Alachua (10%) and Jacksonville (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

132 of 2,659 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,527 High Springs residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 1,938 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in High Springs.

2,527live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

1,938work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where High Springs goes to work

Gainesville16.8 mi away

41%1,084

Alachua6.4 mi away

10%262

High Springs (in town)right here

5%132

Jacksonville66.7 mi away

4%119

Newberry10.6 mi away

2%62

Ocala50.4 mi away

1%38

Tampa126.8 mi away

1%29

Tallahassee109.2 mi away

1%28

Orlando119.4 mi away

1%24

Lake City27.1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%860

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

How far

How far High Springs commutes

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

17%

54%

25%

17%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

High Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in High Springs are

2,070 jobs are based in High Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs High Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in High Springs

2,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs High Springs residents hold

2,659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+107%

Jobs based in High Springs, 2013 → 2023: 999 → 2,070. 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.