Household incomes put Harmony Grove near the very top of U.S. towns
Harmony Grove grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The poverty rate is 4.6%, next to 12.0% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Harmony Grove
Harmony Grove is a place people come home to
There are 179 jobs based in Harmony Grove, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harmony Grove has about 1,800 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Harmony Grove
29% of Harmony Grove workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
36% of Harmony Grove works in San Diego
359 working residents, 36%, have their main job in San Diego, 19 miles away. That’s 36 times as many as work in Harmony Grove itself. The commute map ↓
Harmony Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Harmony Grove
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harmony Grove is among the top U.S. towns, #3 of 847 in California. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harmony Grove could be anywhere from A to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Harmony Grove
On a workday 1,002 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Harmony Grove on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.18 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 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Harmony Grove takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harmony Grove workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,052 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
36% of working residents work in San Diego
Where Harmony Grove clocks in
36% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Harmony Grove is a services town
179 jobs are based in Harmony Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmony Grove, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 179. 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 Harmony Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Harmony Grove works
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.
In Harmony Grove, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harmony Grove is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #661 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,491 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 18% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 30.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 1.6% of Harmony Grove households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harmony Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harmony Grove places 31st of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 32 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 33 | Herald Harbor MD | 2,430 | $148K | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 2,260 | $176K | 4.9% | 9.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Harmony Grove, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 17% of Harmony Grove
The biggest share goes to Escondido (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harmony Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Grove | – | A+ | B | 35 min | $227,140 |
| Escondido | 10% | B | A | 28 min | $91,967 |
| San Marcos | 7% | B+ | A− | 27 min | $109,377 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harmony Grove’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 Harmony Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Harmony Grove?
$227,140 (±$45,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmony Grove?
4.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harmony Grove?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harmony Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (36%, 19 mi), Escondido (10%, 4 mi), Carlsbad (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harmony Grove walkable?
Harmony Grove is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harmony Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harmony Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmony Grove
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.