Work & commute · Highland-District 2

Work & commute in Highland-District 2, KS

Most working residents leave Highland-District 2 for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Norton (27%), Almena (16%) and Center-District 1 (13%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 214 Highland-District 2 residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland-District 2.

214live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland-District 2 goes to work

Norton12.4 mi away

27%59

Almena21.9 mi away

16%34

Center-District 115.7 mi away

13%29

Wichita200.2 mi away

3%7

Topeka236 mi away

3%6

Hays67.6 mi away

2%5

Glade38.3 mi away

1%3

Hoxie31.9 mi away

1%3

Oakley58.6 mi away

1%3

Colby58.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%67

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

How far

How far Highland-District 2 commutes

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

50%

16%

30%

4%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland-District 2 is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland-District 2 are

109 jobs are based in Highland-District 2. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland-District 2’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland-District 2

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Highland-District 2 residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−73%

Jobs based in Highland-District 2, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 109. 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.