Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHarbison Township has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
3% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%). Harbison Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Harbison Township apart
42% of Harbison Township works in Jasper
361 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Jasper, 7.3 miles away. That’s 21 times as many as work in Harbison Township itself. The commute map ↓
Harbison Township makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Harbison Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Harbison Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Harbison Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Harbison Township fell from 732 in 2013 to 456 in 2023, −38%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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; with 851 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Harbison Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harbison Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Harbison Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harbison Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
42% of working residents work in Jasper
Where Harbison Township clocks in
42% of workers
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.
Making and building: 58% of jobs based in Harbison Township
456 jobs are based in Harbison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harbison Township, 2013 → 2023: 732 → 456. 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 Harbison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Harbison Township on a workday
On a workday 830 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Harbison Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.54 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 Harbison Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harbison Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,107 commuters (the 3% 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 many miles Harbison Township commutes
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 Harbison Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harbison Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,139 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). 6.1% of Harbison Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harbison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Harbison Township is 1,011th among 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,009 | Idaho Springs CO | 1,842 | $89K | 6.9% | 3.5% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,010 | Santa Fe Township IL | 1,215 | $89K | 2.9% | 0.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,011 | Harbison Township IN | 1,554 | $113K | 10.2% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,012 | New Marlborough MA | 1,500 | $117K | 2.5% | 3.5% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,013 | Wells Township MN | 1,585 | $88K | 6.1% | 2.8% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Harbison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Harbison Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harbison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbison Township | – | B+ | C | 25 min | $113,125 |
| Rutherford Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Marion Township | 2% | B− | D− | 17 min | $79,667 |
| Reeve Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Bainbridge Township | 3% | B− | B− | 15 min | $68,918 |
| Boone Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lost River Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rutherford Township and Boone Township: not graded. Reeve Township, Columbia Township and Lost River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bainbridge Township. Darker towns draw more of Harbison 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 Harbison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harbison Township?
$113,125 (±$49,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harbison Township?
10.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harbison Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harbison Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (42%, 7 mi), Huntingburg (5%, 13 mi), Ferdinand (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harbison Township walkable?
Harbison Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harbison 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 Harbison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harbison 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. 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.