Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork and commuting in Harmon
0% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). Hardly any work in Harmon itself; outside it, Dixon draws the most (15%, 9 miles). Working residents average 34 minutes each way, where Illinois has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Harmon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Harmon on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Harmon goes to work
Where Harmon clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 94% of Harmon’s jobs are in goods
53 jobs are based in Harmon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmon, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 53. 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 Harmon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Harmon spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harmon workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Harmon
About 35% 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.
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 Harmon: questions
What is the median household income in Harmon?
$66,250 (±$45,365) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmon?
24.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harmon?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harmon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dixon (15%, 9 mi), Rock Falls (5%, 8 mi), Sterling (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harmon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harmon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmon
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.