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Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, KS

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Council Grove (19%), Emporia (14%) and Manhattan (14%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 21 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
28%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21 Highland residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

21live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Highland goes to work

DenverWilseyDwightWatervilleCouncil GroveHeringtonJunction CityEmporiaSalinaManhattanTopekaTownship 9Township 5HighlandUnionCouncil GroveEmporiaManhattanDwightTopekaDenverWatervilleHeringtonJunction CitySalinaHighland
1
Council Grove15.9 mi away
19%4
2
Emporia39 mi away
14%3
3
Manhattan31.8 mi away
14%3
4
Dwight11.6 mi away
10%2
5
Topeka61 mi away
10%2
6
Denver, CO439.6 mi away
5%1
7
Waterville65.4 mi away
5%1
8
Herington4 mi away
5%1
9
Junction City20 mi away
5%1
10
Salina45.9 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%2

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.

0%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
33%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

5 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 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Highland residents hold

21 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+25%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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.

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