Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHardly anyone in Highland Township is out of work
Only 4% work in Highland Township; the top destination outside it is Defiance (34%, 6 miles). For jobs and income Highland Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Highland Township, in a few figures
Highland Township and Defiance trade workers both ways
Defiance is the top workplace for Highland Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Highland Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Highland Township is a place people come home to
There are 183 jobs based in Highland Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Highland Township has about 1,500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Highland Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 976 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Highland Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Highland Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Highland Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Out of Highland Township to work: where people go
Where Highland Township clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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 daily flow of workers through Highland Township
On a workday 941 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Highland Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Highland Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Highland Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,045 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Highland Township is a services town
183 jobs are based in Highland Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Highland Township, 2014 → 2024: 200 → 183. 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.
Miles to work from Highland Township
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Highland Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,072 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). 6.3% of Highland Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Highland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Highland Township comes 1,003rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,001 | Gibbsboro NJ | 2,257 | $100K | 4.7% | 7.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,002 | Spring Hill Township KS | 2,006 | $111K | 1.0% | 13.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,003 | Highland Township OH | 2,284 | $82K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,004 | Berwick Township PA | 2,475 | $85K | 8.3% | 2.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,005 | Abita Springs LA | 2,753 | $77K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
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| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Ohio.
Highland Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Richland Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Highland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Township | – | B+ | D− | 21 min | $81,711 |
| Richland Township | 3% | A− | C− | 18 min | $89,362 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $76,944 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 27 min | $64,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$81,711 (±$16,653) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Highland Township?
5.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Highland Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Highland Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Defiance (34%, 6 mi), Napoleon (5%, 15 mi), Toledo (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Highland Township walkable?
Highland Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Highland Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.