Work & commute · Highland Park

Work & commute in Highland Park, TX

Most working residents leave Highland Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (46%), Irving (6%) and Plano (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 3,525 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,374 Highland Park residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 5,949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland Park.

3,374live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

5,949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland Park goes to work

Dallas3.3 mi away

46%1,630

Irving9.9 mi away

6%195

Plano15.5 mi away

4%157

Highland Park (in town)right here

4%151

University Park1.3 mi away

3%116

Richardson11.2 mi away

3%91

Fort Worth32 mi away

2%80

Addison9.4 mi away

2%60

Houston226.3 mi away

2%57

Garland11.3 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%935

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

How far

How far Highland Park commutes

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

59%

25%

10%

59%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland Park is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland Park are

6,100 jobs are based in Highland Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland Park

6,100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Highland Park residents hold

3,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+83%

Jobs based in Highland Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,327 → 6,100. 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.