Photo: Petropoxy (Lithoderm Proxy) · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Harpersfield Township works elsewhere
Employers in Harpersfield Township report 510 jobs; 978 of its residents have a job. Harpersfield Township grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Harpersfield Township, in brief
Harpersfield Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Harpersfield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Harpersfield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Harpersfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Harpersfield Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 978 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Harpersfield Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harpersfield Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #470 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Harpersfield Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($65,541, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harpersfield Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Goods, not services: 65% of the jobs in Harpersfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harpersfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 574 → 510. 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 Harpersfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Harpersfield Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harpersfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,180 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% 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 Harpersfield Township on a workday
On a workday 949 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 481 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Harpersfield Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Geneva
Where Harpersfield Township clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Harpersfield 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Harpersfield Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harpersfield Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #947 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Harpersfield Township 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 1,216 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). 2.3% of Harpersfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harpersfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Harpersfield Township comes 1,649th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 1,647 | Leverett MA | 1,850 | $105K | 10.0% | 9.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,648 | Enfield NY | 3,230 | $95K | 14.3% | 0.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,649 | Harpersfield Township OH | 2,607 | $66K | 5.9% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,650 | Fawn Township PA | 3,075 | $117K | 5.8% | 5.2% | 4% | B |
| 1,651 | Lake Cherokee TX | 3,093 | $92K | 11.3% | 2.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Harpersfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Harpersfield Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Geneva (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harpersfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpersfield Township | – | B | D | 34 min | $65,541 |
| Geneva Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 28 min | $58,649 |
| Geneva | 11% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $53,557 |
| Austinburg Township | under 3% | B− | B | 28 min | $80,750 |
| Trumbull Township | under 3% | C− | D | 46 min | $55,781 |
| Madison Township | 4% | B− | B− | 28 min | $73,533 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harpersfield 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 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 Harpersfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harpersfield Township?
$65,541 (±$22,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harpersfield Township?
5.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harpersfield Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harpersfield Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Geneva (11%, 4 mi), Ashtabula (7%, 13 mi), Cleveland (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Harpersfield Township walkable?
Harpersfield Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harpersfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harpersfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harpersfield Township
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. 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.