Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, IN

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (58%), Patoka (7%) and Center (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 2,110 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,091 Highland residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

2,091live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

Evansville4.3 mi away

58%1,227

Patoka21 mi away

7%152

Center1.2 mi away

4%76

Ohio9.6 mi away

3%64

Scott6.2 mi away

2%43

Perry7.3 mi away

2%40

Center141.9 mi away

1%30

Highland (in town)right here

1%19

Black20.5 mi away

1%18

Anderson16.1 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%426

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.

71%

14%

12%

71%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

156 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

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Highland residents hold

2,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+140%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 156. 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.