Photo: Mwanner at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Harrietstown has lower unemployment (2.5%) than 77% of U.S. towns
For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where New York as a whole has 15%. Jobs and income earn Harrietstown C; getting around on foot earns it A−. About one in three work in Harrietstown itself; outside it, North Elba draws the most (22%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrietstown at work: what stands out
Commutes from Harrietstown are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 138 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Harrietstown and North Elba trade workers both ways
North Elba is the top workplace for Harrietstown residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Harrietstown come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Harrietstown is services
85% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Harrietstown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrietstown is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #575 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Harrietstown’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrietstown could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily trip from Harrietstown: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrietstown workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,366 commuters (the 7% 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.
Out of Harrietstown to work: where people go
Where Harrietstown clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Harrietstown is a services town
2,370 jobs are based in Harrietstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrietstown, 2013 → 2023: 2,388 → 2,370. 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 Harrietstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Harrietstown for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,487 residents head out to work, 730 work right here, and 1,640 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Harrietstown
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.
Harrietstown is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrietstown is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #322 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,557 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). 11.4% of Harrietstown households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Harrietstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harrietstown next to U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000: 2,712th of 3,696 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 21 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,710 | Hillsboro IL | 6,184 | $50K | 11.6% | 2.9% | 28% | C |
| 2,711 | Seat Pleasant MD | 4,524 | $57K | 15.1% | 20.8% | 1% | C |
| 2,712 | Harrietstown NY | 5,167 | $66K | 16.8% | 2.5% | 33% | C |
| 2,713 | Upper Paxton Township PA | 4,041 | $58K | 18.8% | 3.0% | 13% | C |
| 2,714 | Moraine OH | 6,627 | $49K | 22.8% | 5.0% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Harrietstown, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 29% of Harrietstown’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrietstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrietstown | – | C | A− | 15 min | $66,460 |
| Santa Clara | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| North Elba | 22% | B− | A | 15 min | $72,843 |
| Tupper Lake | 3% | C | B+ | 15 min | $65,433 |
| Newcomb | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| St. Armand | 1% | C+ | C | 21 min | $81,221 |
| Brighton | 3% | C | B | 18 min | $65,750 |
| Saranac Lake | under 2% | C− | A | 16 min | $61,967 |
| Long Lake | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Santa Clara, Newcomb and Long Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Elba. Darker towns draw more of Harrietstown’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 Harrietstown: questions
What is the median household income in Harrietstown?
$66,460 (±$4,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrietstown?
16.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrietstown?
15 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 Harrietstown work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Elba (22%, 8 mi), Malone (4%, 38 mi), Brighton (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrietstown walkable?
Harrietstown is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrietstown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrietstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrietstown
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.