Harmony has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Harmony report 273 jobs, and 912 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Harmony B−; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Harmony is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Harmony stands out on work
Harmony is a place people come home to
There are 273 jobs based in Harmony, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harmony has about 1,400 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Harmony are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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 912 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Harmony’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harmony is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Harmony’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harmony could be anywhere from C to B.
Harmony by day and by night
On a workday 844 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Harmony 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Harmony
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harmony workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 950 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
15% of working residents work in Jamestown
Where Harmony clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
Harmony works in goods: 30% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmony, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 273. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Harmony
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Harmony start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harmony is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Harmony near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,034 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). 12.5% of Harmony households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harmony’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800, Harmony comes 2,654th on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,652 | Holton Township MI | 2,674 | $73K | 10.1% | 3.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,653 | Monterey Township MI | 2,529 | $91K | 8.0% | 10.3% | 4% | B− |
| 2,654 | Harmony NY | 2,063 | $59K | 9.1% | 1.6% | 7% | B− |
| 2,655 | Richland Township OH | 2,641 | $65K | 12.8% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,656 | Delmar Township PA | 2,796 | $64K | 7.5% | 2.0% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Harmony’s workers
The biggest share goes to Busti (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harmony workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | – | B− | D | 26 min | $58,600 |
| North Harmony | 4% | C+ | B | 20 min | $71,250 |
| Busti | 11% | C | C | 21 min | $67,292 |
| Clymer | under 2% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $87,917 |
| Panama | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Panama: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harmony’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: questions
What is the median household income in Harmony?
$58,600 (±$10,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmony?
9.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harmony?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harmony work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (15%, 12 mi), Busti (11%, 7 mi), Chautauqua (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harmony walkable?
Harmony is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harmony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harmony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmony
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.