Work & commute · The Highlands

Work & commute in The Highlands, KS

Most working residents leave The Highlands for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (50%), Wichita (13%) and McPherson (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 141 The Highlands residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in The Highlands.

141live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where The Highlands goes to work

Hutchinson7.4 mi away

50%71

Wichita46.5 mi away

13%18

McPherson20.9 mi away

4%5

South Hutchinson9.9 mi away

3%4

Reno7.9 mi away

3%4

Clay11 mi away

3%4

Haven20.4 mi away

1%2

Lyons18.6 mi away

1%2

Emporia96.6 mi away

1%2

Overland Park183.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%27

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

How far

How far The Highlands commutes

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

59%

14%

16%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

The Highlands is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in The Highlands are

14 jobs are based in The Highlands. Here is what they are, next to the jobs The Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in The Highlands

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs The Highlands residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+27%

Jobs based in The Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 14. 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.