Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, IL

About one in 4 of Highland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (7%), Edwardsville (4%) and Belleville (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,120 of 4,795 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,675 Highland residents head out of town to work, 1,120 work right here, and 4,732 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

3,675live here, work elsewhere

1,120live and work here

4,732work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

Highland (in town)right here

23%1,120

St. Louis, MO31.5 mi away

7%327

Edwardsville16.4 mi away

4%196

Belleville24.1 mi away

3%156

O'Fallon17.1 mi away

2%112

Collinsville18.4 mi away

2%110

Greenville17.9 mi away

2%102

Maryville15.2 mi away

2%100

Troy11.6 mi away

2%91

Saline2.4 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,396

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

How far

How far Highland commutes

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

29%

32%

24%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

5,852 jobs are based in Highland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland

5,852 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Highland residents hold

4,795 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 5,725 → 5,852. 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.