With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Williston Highlands works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Williston Highlands itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (17%, 26 miles). Employers in Williston Highlands report 83 jobs, against 997 working residents. For jobs and income Williston Highlands is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Williston Highlands apart
Williston Highlands is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Williston Highlands, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Williston Highlands has about 2,800 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Williston Highlands’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Williston Highlands is Gainesville, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (166) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 997 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Williston Highlands’ grade explained
Unemployment holds Williston Highlands’ grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Williston Highlands could be anywhere from D to A−.
How a workday changes Williston Highlands
On a workday 992 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Williston Highlands on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
How far Williston Highlands’ workers travel
About 27% 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 places Williston Highlands commutes to
Where Williston Highlands clocks in
17% of workers
12% 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.
67% of the jobs in Williston Highlands pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williston Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 83. 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 Williston Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Williston Highlands, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williston Highlands workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,335 commuters (the 15% 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.
In Williston Highlands, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,577 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Williston Highlands households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williston Highlands’ commuters take a bus or train.
2,278th of 4,210: where Williston Highlands ranks among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 4,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,276 | River Bend NC | 2,890 | $72K | 8.2% | 4.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,277 | Juneau WI | 2,706 | $78K | 13.1% | 4.6% | 12% | B− |
| 2,278 | Williston Highlands FL | 3,666 | $80K | 8.3% | 3.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,279 | Sneads Ferry NC | 2,728 | $80K | 13.3% | 1.1% | 6% | B− |
| 2,280 | Ocean View DE | 3,107 | $92K | 9.8% | 2.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,210 | 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 Williston Highlands, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Williston Highlands: questions
What is the median household income in Williston Highlands?
$79,662 (±$16,100) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williston Highlands?
8.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williston Highlands?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williston Highlands work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (17%, 26 mi), Williston (12%, 7 mi), Ocala (11%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williston Highlands walkable?
Williston Highlands is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williston Highlands without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williston Highlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williston Highlands
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.