Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, UT

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lehi (12%), Salt Lake City (11%) and Provo (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

399 of 8,762 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,363 Highland residents head out of town to work, 399 work right here, and 3,069 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

8,363live here, work elsewhere

399live and work here

3,069work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

Lehi4 mi away

12%1,027

Salt Lake City25 mi away

11%921

Provo14.9 mi away

7%646

Orem10.3 mi away

7%595

American Fork3.4 mi away

7%586

Draper6 mi away

5%451

Highland (in town)right here

5%399

Sandy10.4 mi away

4%368

Pleasant Grove4.8 mi away

3%291

South Jordan13.6 mi away

3%258

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%3,220

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.

44%

44%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

3,468 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

3,468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Highland residents hold

8,762 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+27%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 2,731 → 3,468. 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.