Cedar Grove Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Highland Township works elsewhere
37% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%). There are 284 jobs in Highland Township, against 724 working residents. For jobs and income Highland Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Highland Township stands out on work
Home offices are common in Highland Township
37% of Highland Township workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Time on the road ↓
Highland Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Highland Township is Cincinnati, OH, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (79) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Highland Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 724 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Highland Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Highland Township’s grade up (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Highland Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Highland Township stays B+.
Highland Township’s commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Highland Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 commuters (the 37% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
How far Highland Township goes to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Highland Township by day
On a workday 711 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 271 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Highland Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Highland Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Highland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Highland Township, 2014 → 2024: 268 → 284. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Highland Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 812 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). 3.5% of Highland Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Highland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Highland Township is 969th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 967 | Madison Township OH | 1,083 | $89K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 968 | Weeping Water NE | 1,061 | $84K | 6.0% | 8.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 969 | Highland Township IN | 1,441 | $94K | 1.5% | 0.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 970 | Creel Township ND | 1,388 | $114K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 971 | Seneca Township OH | 1,427 | $92K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Highland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Highland Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Brookville Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Highland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Township | – | B+ | D | 38 min | $94,084 |
| Brookville Township | 4% | C− | B+ | 33 min | $64,480 |
| Whitewater Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 41 min | $87,308 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A | D− | 35 min | $101,406 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 35 min | $97,114 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $69,312 |
| St. Leon | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Kelso Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 30 min | $97,721 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Leon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Highland Township’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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Highland Township?
$94,084 (±$6,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Highland Township?
1.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Highland Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Highland Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (11%, 30 mi), Brookville (8%, 5 mi), Batesville (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Highland Township walkable?
Highland Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Highland Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Highland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Highland Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.