Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: High Point has 3.5 jobs per working resident, and 4,331 people come in to work
Measured by household income, High Point is behind 89% of U.S. towns. High Point has 4,421 jobs; 1,279 of its residents have a job. The two grades for High Point are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in High Point, in brief
High Point has far more jobs than workers
High Point has 4,421 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,700 people are in town, 89% more than the 3,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from High Point are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker, and quicker than any town next door (27 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
High Point has added jobs fast
Jobs based in High Point went from 2,827 in 2013 to 4,421 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why High Point gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, High Point is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #509 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds High Point’s grade up (7.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($49,368, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, High Point could be anywhere from C− to B+.
High Point on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,189 residents head out to work and 90 work right here.
About 6,700 people are in High Point on a workday afternoon, 89% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in High Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of High Point workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 915 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in High Point
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in High Point, 2013 → 2023: 2,827 → 4,421. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs High Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in High Point live
Where High Point clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from High Point, by distance
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of High Point commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, High Point is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #519 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,059 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of High Point households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of High Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
High Point next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800: 3,138th of 4,355 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,136 | Homestead PA | 2,822 | $39K | 18.6% | 5.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,137 | Boonville NY | 4,411 | $68K | 11.8% | 4.6% | 20% | C |
| 3,138 | High Point FL | 3,548 | $49K | 7.9% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| 3,139 | Bicknell IN | 2,982 | $52K | 14.2% | 2.6% | 8% | C |
| 3,140 | Olio Township IL | 4,627 | $56K | 11.6% | 6.7% | 16% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of High Point, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 10% of High Point’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | High Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | – | C | C+ | 20 min | $49,368 |
| North Weeki Wachee | under 2% | C+ | B | 27 min | $64,891 |
| Spring Hill | 10% | C+ | B+ | 30 min | $68,432 |
| Brookridge | under 2% | C | C− | 34 min | $53,989 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spring Hill. Darker towns draw more of High Point’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in High Point: questions
What is the median household income in High Point?
$49,368 (±$2,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in High Point?
7.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from High Point?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in High Point work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Hill (10%, 5 mi), Tampa (8%, 40 mi), Brooksville (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is High Point walkable?
High Point is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around High Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from High Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of High Point
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.