Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, MI

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (15%), Evart (10%) and Marion (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 394 Highland residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

394live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

Cadillac12.1 mi away

15%61

Evart15.6 mi away

10%41

Marion5.9 mi away

10%40

McBain5.4 mi away

3%13

Haring14.2 mi away

3%11

Reed City21.4 mi away

2%9

Grand Rapids82.8 mi away

2%9

Highland (in town)right here

2%9

Lansing103.5 mi away

1%6

Farmington Hills147.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%198

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.

24%

35%

10%

31%

24%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

81 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

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Highland residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+80%

Jobs based in Highland, 2011 → 2021: 45 → 81. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.