Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Hillcrest Heights commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% stay in Hillcrest Heights for work; outside it, Lake Wales is the main destination (14%, 8 miles). 48 jobs are based in Hillcrest Heights, against 111 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 16% across Florida.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Hillcrest Heights: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Hillcrest Heights on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The towns that employ Hillcrest Heights’ residents
Where Hillcrest Heights clocks in
14% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 67% of work in Hillcrest Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hillcrest Heights, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 48. 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 Hillcrest Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hillcrest Heights: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hillcrest Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 3% 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.
Half of Hillcrest Heights commutes less than 27 miles
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 around Hillcrest Heights
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hillcrest Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Heights | – | — | — | 27 min | $118,125 |
| Babson Park | under 2% | D | B− | 25 min | $48,177 |
| Frostproof | under 2% | D | A− | 25 min | $42,000 |
| Crooked Lake Park | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $60,395 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hillcrest Heights’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 Hillcrest Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Hillcrest Heights?
$118,125 (±$32,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hillcrest Heights?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hillcrest Heights?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hillcrest Heights work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Wales (14%, 8 mi), Winter Haven (6%, 19 mi), Bartow (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hillcrest Heights 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 Hillcrest Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hillcrest Heights
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.