Photo: RollerFanatic000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Harmony Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For jobs and income Harmony Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). 538 jobs are based in Harmony Township, and 1,398 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% stay in Harmony Township for work; outside it, Phillipsburg is the main destination (5%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Harmony Township apart
Harmony Township makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Harmony Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Harmony Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Harmony Township empties out on a workday
About 1,700 people are in Harmony Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 2,500 who live here: 1,300 head out to work and 450 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Harmony Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Harmony Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harmony Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In Harmony Township, 35% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmony Township, 2013 → 2023: 529 → 538. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Harmony Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,312 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Harmony Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where people from Harmony Township work
Where Harmony Township clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Getting to work from Harmony Township takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harmony Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,032 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Harmony Township
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Harmony Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,232 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.8% of Harmony Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harmony Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Harmony Township is 1,288th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 54 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,286 | Genoa City WI | 2,866 | $81K | 5.6% | 4.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,287 | Garden Plain Township KS | 2,133 | $79K | 7.7% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,288 | Harmony Township NJ | 2,542 | $92K | 3.9% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,289 | Thompson Township OH | 2,159 | $91K | 4.9% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,290 | Deerwood TX | 2,366 | $61K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Harmony Township
The biggest share goes to Lopatcong Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harmony Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Township | – | B+ | D | 30 min | $92,176 |
| Lopatcong Township | 2% | B | B+ | 39 min | $91,114 |
| White Township | 2% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $75,726 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A | B− | 34 min | $132,697 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harmony 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 Harmony Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harmony Township?
$92,176 (±$26,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmony Township?
3.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harmony Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harmony Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phillipsburg (5%, 5 mi), Oxford Township (3%, 8 mi), Lopatcong Township (2%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harmony Township walkable?
Harmony Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harmony Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harmony Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmony 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.