A job hub: Harris Hill has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 4,782 people come in to work
4,905 jobs are based in Harris Hill, and 2,683 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. 17% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harris Hill at work: what stands out
Commutes from Harris Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Harris Hill is where the jobs are
Harris Hill has 4,905 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Harris Hill
68% of Harris Hill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Harris Hill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Harris Hill and Amherst trade workers both ways
Amherst is the top workplace for Harris Hill residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Harris Hill come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Harris Hill are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Harris Hill’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Time on the road from Harris Hill: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harris Hill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,507 commuters (the 17% 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.
In and out of Harris Hill on a workday
On a workday 2,560 residents head out to work and 123 work right here.
About 8,300 people are in Harris Hill on a workday afternoon, 37% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What Harris Hill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harris Hill, 2014 → 2024: 5,116 → 4,905. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harris Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Harris Hill
Where Harris Hill clocks in
23% of workers
19% of workers
12% 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.
Harris Hill’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
23% of Harris Hill works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harris Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Hill | – | — | — | 18 min | $100,881 |
| Amherst | 23% | A− | A− | 20 min | $93,483 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Amherst. Darker towns draw more of Harris Hill’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 2024, 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 Harris Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Harris Hill?
$100,881 (±$13,116) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harris Hill?
9.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harris Hill?
18 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harris Hill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst (23%, 5 mi), Buffalo (19%, 11 mi), Clarence (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Harris Hill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harris Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harris Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.