Seville Bridge · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Harris Township works elsewhere
4% of workers have no commute at all; Illinois has 16%. 6 jobs are based in Harris Township; 102 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Harris Township for work; outside it, Macomb is the main destination (18%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Harris Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Harris 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Harris Township commutes to
Where Harris Township clocks in
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 67% of the jobs in Harris Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harris Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 6. 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 Harris Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, about the IL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harris Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 commuters (the 4% 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.
Harris Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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.
Next door to Harris Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $62,500 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | — | — | 57 min | — |
| Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lee Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Farmers Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cass Township, Mound Township, Lee Township and Farmers Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harris 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 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 Harris Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harris Township?
$62,500 (±$39,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harris Township?
11.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harris Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harris Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macomb (18%, 15 mi), Bushnell (7%, 7 mi), Chicago (5%, 168 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harris Township 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 Harris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harris Township
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.