Work & commute · Highland Heights

Work & commute in Highland Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Highland Heights for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (29%), Mayfield Heights (5%) and Mayfield (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

245 of 4,265 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,020 Highland Heights residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 5,854 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland Heights.

4,020live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

5,854work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland Heights goes to work

Cleveland12 mi away

29%1,217

Highland Heights (in town)right here

6%245

Mayfield Heights2.5 mi away

5%208

Mayfield1.8 mi away

3%147

Beachwood5.5 mi away

3%127

Mentor11.8 mi away

3%115

Euclid3.8 mi away

3%110

Solon11.5 mi away

3%109

Willoughby7.1 mi away

2%99

Shaker Heights6.7 mi away

2%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,798

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.

54%

33%

54%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland Heights are

6,099 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

6,099 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Highland Heights residents hold

4,265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−19%

Jobs based in Highland Heights, 2013 → 2023: 7,495 → 6,099. 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.