Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, KS

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (10%), Hiawatha (7%) and Topeka (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

39 of 367 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 328 Highland residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

328live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

Highland (in town)right here

11%39

St. Joseph, MO24.6 mi away

10%36

Hiawatha14.5 mi away

7%25

Topeka61.5 mi away

6%22

Atchison21.7 mi away

5%20

Kansas City, MO63.5 mi away

5%19

Troy10.5 mi away

3%11

Olathe71.7 mi away

3%11

Sabetha28.2 mi away

3%10

Lawrence62.2 mi away

3%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%164

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.

20%

32%

10%

38%

20%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

386 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

386 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Highland residents hold

367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−15%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 453 → 386. 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.