Work & commute · Williston Highlands

Work & commute in Williston Highlands, FL

Most working residents leave Williston Highlands for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (17%), Williston (12%) and Ocala (11%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 997 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 992 Williston Highlands residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williston Highlands.

992live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williston Highlands goes to work

Gainesville26.4 mi away

17%166

Williston7 mi away

12%124

Ocala25.6 mi away

11%105

Bronson10.1 mi away

6%59

Jacksonville86.8 mi away

3%31

Tallahassee128.7 mi away

2%18

Alachua30.9 mi away

1%13

Newberry21.9 mi away

1%13

Orlando94.5 mi away

1%11

St. Petersburg108.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%448

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

How far

How far Williston Highlands commutes

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

20%

28%

25%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williston Highlands is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williston Highlands are

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

Jobs based in Williston Highlands

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Williston Highlands residents hold

997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1975%

Jobs based in Williston Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 83. 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.