Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0At 6.2%, unemployment in Harrisonville is higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Missouri as a whole has 13%. The two grades for Harrisonville are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five stay in Harrisonville for work; outside it, Kansas City is the main destination (19%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrisonville at work: what stands out
Harrisonville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Harrisonville is Kansas City, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (825) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Harrisonville draws workers from far and wide
The 5,550 jobs in Harrisonville are filled from a wide area. Harrisonville’s own residents hold 15% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Harrisonville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrisonville is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #110 of 247 in Missouri. Job access by car holds Harrisonville’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrisonville could be anywhere from C to A−.
How far it is to work from Harrisonville
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.
Where people from Harrisonville work
Where Harrisonville clocks in
19% 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 workday in Harrisonville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,560 residents head out to work, 830 work right here, and 4,720 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Harrisonville on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 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.
Jobs in Harrisonville: what the 5,550 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrisonville, 2013 → 2023: 4,958 → 5,550. 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 Harrisonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Harrisonville spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrisonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,471 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
The commute in Harrisonville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrisonville is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #68 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,742 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). 8.6% of Harrisonville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Harrisonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harrisonville places 1,811th of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Town and Country MO | 11,619 | $233K | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,809 | Ketchikan AK | 7,939 | $85K | 11.2% | 4.0% | — | B− |
| 1,810 | Hamilton Township OH | 10,413 | $79K | 17.0% | 6.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,811 | Harrisonville MO | 10,040 | $62K | 7.2% | 6.2% | 19% | B− |
| 1,812 | York NE | 8,284 | $63K | 11.5% | 1.7% | 47% | B− |
| 1,813 | Dalton Township MI | 9,651 | $82K | 8.6% | 6.5% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Harrisonville, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Harrisonville: questions
What is the median household income in Harrisonville?
$62,473 (±$10,317) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrisonville?
7.2%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrisonville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrisonville work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (19%, 34 mi), Lee's Summit (6%, 19 mi), Overland Park (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrisonville walkable?
Harrisonville is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrisonville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrisonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrisonville
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.