Work & commute · Hillcrest Heights

Work & commute in Hillcrest Heights, FL

Most working residents leave Hillcrest Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Wales (14%), Winter Haven (6%) and Bartow (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 108 Hillcrest Heights residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillcrest Heights.

108live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillcrest Heights goes to work

Lake Wales7.6 mi away

14%16

Winter Haven19.4 mi away

6%7

Bartow18 mi away

6%7

Lakeland30.1 mi away

5%6

Haines City20.5 mi away

4%4

Hillcrest Heights (in town)right here

3%3

Tampa58.1 mi away

2%2

Port St. Lucie79.7 mi away

2%2

Orlando46.6 mi away

2%2

Brandon47.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%60

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

How far

How far Hillcrest Heights commutes

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

26%

23%

20%

32%

26%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillcrest Heights is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillcrest Heights are

48 jobs are based in Hillcrest Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillcrest Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillcrest Heights

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Hillcrest Heights residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+92%

Jobs based in Hillcrest Heights, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 48. 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.