Work & commute · Highland Heights

Work & commute in Highland Heights, KY

Most working residents leave Highland Heights for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (17%), Florence (5%) and Covington (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

112 of 2,904 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,792 Highland Heights residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 3,835 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland Heights.

2,792live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

3,835work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland Heights goes to work

Cincinnati, OH7.7 mi away

17%480

Florence10.7 mi away

5%150

Covington3.4 mi away

5%137

Highland Heights (in town)right here

4%112

Newport3.9 mi away

4%112

Edgewood5.8 mi away

3%86

Lexington-Fayette urban county68.7 mi away

3%82

Alexandria6.1 mi away

3%78

Cold Spring1.8 mi away

3%77

Fort Thomas3.2 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,527

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

How far

How far Highland Heights commutes

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

58%

23%

17%

58%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland Heights are

3,947 jobs are based in Highland Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland Heights

3,947 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Highland Heights residents hold

2,904 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Highland Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,978 → 3,947. 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.