Casa De Josefina · Photo: Harriet Duncan · CC BY-SA 3.0Highland Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
1.8% of residents are in poverty, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. There are 12 jobs in Highland Park; 105 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, next to 28 for Florida and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Highland Park quiets down on a workday
On a workday 105 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Highland Park on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer 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.
22% of working residents work in Lake Wales
Where Highland Park clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
What Highland Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Highland Park, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 12. 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 Highland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Highland Park, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Highland Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 commuters (the 16% 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.
Miles to work from Highland Park
About 32% 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.
The towns next door employ 22% of Highland Park
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Highland Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | – | — | — | 26 min | $93,750 |
| Lake Wales | 22% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $56,347 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lake Wales. Darker towns draw more of Highland Park’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 Highland Park: questions
What is the median household income in Highland Park?
$93,750 (±$75,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Highland Park?
1.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Highland Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Highland Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Wales (22%, 4 mi), Lakeland (6%, 27 mi), Bartow (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Highland Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Highland Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Highland Park
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.