Work & commute · Highlanding

Work & commute in Highlanding, MN

Most working residents leave Highlanding for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (65%), Rocksbury (5%) and Goodridge (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 85 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
29%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Highlanding residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highlanding.

85live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Highlanding goes to work

GoodridgeGryglaOkleeGreenbushThief River FallsRichfieldDetroit LakesFargoGoodridgeHighlandingNorthRocksburyKratkaStarThief River FallsRocksburyGoodridgeFargoNorthGryglaOkleeGreenbushRichfieldDetroit LakesHighlanding
1
Thief River Falls18.8 mi away
65%55
2
Rocksbury18.7 mi away
5%4
3
Goodridge5.7 mi away
4%3
4
Fargo, ND96.3 mi away
4%3
5
North19.1 mi away
4%3
6
Grygla17.7 mi away
1%1
7
Oklee15.9 mi away
1%1
8
Greenbush47.8 mi away
1%1
9
Richfield250.3 mi away
1%1
10
Detroit Lakes86.9 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%12

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

How far

How far Highlanding commutes

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

4%Under 10 mi
76%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Highlanding is a commuter town

0.00jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

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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