O'Leno State Park · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 2.5Work means Gainesville for about two in five of High Springs’ working residents
The two grades for High Springs are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 5% stay in High Springs for work; outside it, Gainesville is the main destination (41%, 17 miles). Measured by household income, High Springs is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set High Springs apart
Jobs in High Springs have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in High Springs went from 999 in 2013 to 2,070 in 2023, +107%. The jobs ↓
41% of High Springs works in Gainesville
1,084 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Gainesville, 17 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in High Springs itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for High Springs
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, High Springs is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #294 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds High Springs’ grade up ($94,421, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, High Springs could be anywhere from C to A.
What High Springs’ employers do
2,070 jobs are based in High Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in High Springs, 2013 → 2023: 999 → 2,070. 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 Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places High Springs commutes to
Where High Springs clocks in
41% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
How a workday changes High Springs
On a workday 2,527 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 1,938 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long High Springs spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of High Springs workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,675 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from High Springs
About 25% 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.
Few in High Springs walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, High Springs is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #578 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of 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 2,970 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.2% of High Springs households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of High Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
High Springs next to U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100: 1,673rd of 3,253 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 173 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,671 | Cicero Township IN | 8,043 | $67K | 13.0% | 2.2% | 24% | B |
| 1,672 | Randolph VT | 4,958 | $77K | 7.7% | 2.3% | 36% | B |
| 1,673 | High Springs FL | 6,762 | $94K | 13.5% | 2.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,674 | Orrville OH | 8,461 | $73K | 15.2% | 3.0% | 25% | B |
| 1,675 | Birch Run Township MI | 5,853 | $82K | 10.3% | 4.5% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Springs, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
12% of High Springs works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Alachua (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | High Springs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Springs | – | B | C− | 25 min | $94,421 |
| Alachua | 10% | B+ | C | 24 min | $83,464 |
| Newberry | 2% | B | C− | 31 min | $89,552 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of High Springs’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 Springs: questions
What is the median household income in High Springs?
$94,421 (±$10,308) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in High Springs?
13.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from High Springs?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in High Springs work?
5% work in town.
Is High Springs walkable?
High Springs is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around High Springs without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from High Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of High Springs
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.