Work & commute · Highland Beach

Work & commute in Highland Beach, FL

Most working residents leave Highland Beach for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boca Raton (20%), Fort Lauderdale (5%) and Deerfield Beach (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,105 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,026 Highland Beach residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland Beach.

1,026live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland Beach goes to work

Boca Raton3.6 mi away

20%219

Highland Beach (in town)right here

7%79

Fort Lauderdale19.3 mi away

5%57

Deerfield Beach7.8 mi away

4%44

Pompano Beach12.4 mi away

4%40

Delray Beach3.5 mi away

4%39

Boynton Beach8.1 mi away

3%29

Palm Springs15.7 mi away

2%24

Miami44.8 mi away

2%22

West Palm Beach23.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%532

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

How far

How far Highland Beach commutes

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

42%

25%

13%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland Beach is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland Beach are

406 jobs are based in Highland Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland Beach

406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Highland Beach residents hold

1,105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+10%

Jobs based in Highland Beach, 2013 → 2023: 369 → 406. 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.