South Highpoint has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for South Highpoint are C for jobs and income and A for walkability. There are 691 jobs in South Highpoint for 1,810 working residents. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.0 in Tampa.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
South Highpoint and work: the main findings
Why South Highpoint gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, South Highpoint is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #512 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds South Highpoint’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, South Highpoint could be anywhere from C− to A−.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Highpoint workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,647 commuters (the 13% 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.
The daily flow of workers through South Highpoint
On a workday 1,796 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 677 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in South Highpoint on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
13% of working residents work in Largo
Where South Highpoint clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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 kinds of work in South Highpoint
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Highpoint, 2013 → 2023: 533 → 691. 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 South Highpoint’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from South Highpoint
About 20% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: South Highpoint
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, South Highpoint is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #90 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 1,902 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 17.8% of South Highpoint households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of South Highpoint’s commuters take a bus or train.
South Highpoint next to U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600: 2,998th of 4,112 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 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,996 | Beloit KS | 3,288 | $52K | 17.9% | 0.2% | 52% | C |
| 2,997 | Watertown NY | 5,364 | $70K | 7.5% | 11.0% | 11% | C |
| 2,998 | South Highpoint FL | 4,174 | $61K | 19.1% | 7.9% | 1% | C |
| 2,999 | Bluefield VA | 4,839 | $54K | 15.6% | 3.4% | 11% | C |
| 3,000 | Decatur Township MI | 3,503 | $68K | 18.2% | 4.4% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 South Highpoint, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 13% of South Highpoint
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | South Highpoint workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Highpoint | – | C | A | 20 min | $61,105 |
| Largo | 13% | B− | A− | 25 min | $62,096 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Largo. Darker towns draw more of South Highpoint’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 South Highpoint: questions
What is the median household income in South Highpoint?
$61,105 (±$16,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Highpoint?
19.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Highpoint?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Highpoint work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Largo (13%, 4 mi), St. Petersburg (11%, 11 mi), Pinellas Park (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is South Highpoint walkable?
South Highpoint is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around South Highpoint without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Highpoint, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Highpoint
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.