Work & commute · Highland

Work & commute in Highland, WI

Most working residents leave Highland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (17%), Duluth (14%) and Solon Springs (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 152 Highland residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland.

152live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland goes to work

Superior28.2 mi away

17%26

Duluth, MN33.9 mi away

14%22

Solon Springs10.6 mi away

7%11

Solon Springs9.9 mi away

5%7

Hayward29.6 mi away

4%6

Gordon12.7 mi away

4%6

Hayward31.9 mi away

3%4

Rice Lake65 mi away

2%3

Ashland37.9 mi away

2%3

Eau Claire111.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%61

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.

24%

43%

26%

6%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland are

11 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

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Highland residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+10%

Jobs based in Highland, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 11. 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.