Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, NY

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (14%), Thompson (13%) and Wallkill (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

100 of 743 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 643 Highland residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

643live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

New York79.7 mi away

14%101

Highland (in town)right here

13%100

Thompson12.1 mi away

13%99

Wallkill25.7 mi away

3%26

Delaware14.1 mi away

3%20

Fallsburg18.7 mi away

2%17

Port Jervis16.6 mi away

2%15

Liberty17.4 mi away

2%13

Kingston52.2 mi away

1%10

Albany94.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%332

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.

18%

30%

12%

41%

18%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

407 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

407 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Highland residents hold

743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+16%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 407. 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.