Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, NE

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (32%), Beatrice (21%) and Omaha (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 440 Highland residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

440live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

Lincoln23.5 mi away

32%143

Beatrice13.8 mi away

21%93

Omaha65.1 mi away

7%30

Blakely13.5 mi away

2%10

Crete15.6 mi away

2%8

Marysville, KS43.7 mi away

2%7

Fairbury32.6 mi away

1%6

Cortland2.7 mi away

1%5

Diller27.4 mi away

1%5

Wilber12.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%137

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.

60%

15%

19%

6%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

129 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

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Highland residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+68%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 129. 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.