Work & commute · Highland Springs

Work & commute in Highland Springs, VA

Most working residents leave Highland Springs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (24%), Mechanicsville (4%) and Sandston (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 8,065 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

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,879 Highland Springs residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 2,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland Springs.

7,879live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

2,342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland Springs goes to work

Richmond8.2 mi away

24%1,929

Mechanicsville5.6 mi away

4%303

Sandston2.8 mi away

4%292

Innsbrook15.3 mi away

2%192

Highland Springs (in town)right here

2%186

Laurel11.4 mi away

2%147

Short Pump17.6 mi away

2%126

Tuckahoe14.5 mi away

1%112

Tysons94.8 mi away

1%96

Ashland16.4 mi away

1%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%4,588

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

How far

How far Highland Springs commutes

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

48%

35%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland Springs is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland Springs are

2,528 jobs are based in Highland Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland Springs

2,528 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Highland Springs residents hold

8,065 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+6%

Jobs based in Highland Springs, 2013 → 2023: 2,388 → 2,528. 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.