Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Harrisonville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26). Harrisonville has 76 jobs, and 146 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Harrisonville for work; outside it, Philadelphia is the main destination (14%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrisonville by day and by night
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Harrisonville 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.
Where Harrisonville goes to work
Where Harrisonville clocks in
14% 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.
In Harrisonville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrisonville, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 76. 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.
The trip to work from Harrisonville: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrisonville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 23% 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.
Where in the region Harrisonville works
About 16% 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.
Harrisonville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrisonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisonville | – | — | — | 30 min | $75,455 |
| Pilesgrove Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $158,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harrisonville’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 Harrisonville: questions
What is the median household income in Harrisonville?
$75,455 (±$56,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrisonville?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrisonville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrisonville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (14%, 24 mi), Washington Township (5%, 12 mi), Harrison Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harrisonville without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.