Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHardly anyone in Harris Township is out of work
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. For jobs and income Harris Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Only 7% work in Harris Township; the top destination outside it is Toledo (11%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harris Township, in a few figures
Harris Township makes and builds things
76% of the jobs based in Harris Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Harris Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Harris Township trades workers with the towns around it
Harris Township has about as many jobs (1,205) as working residents (1,242), but they are mostly different people: 1,150 residents leave for work each day while 1,113 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Harris Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Harris Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
78% of the jobs based in Harris Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Harris Township residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Harris Township. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Harris Township
Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harris Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Making and building: 76% of jobs based in Harris Township
1,205 jobs are based in Harris Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harris Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,109 → 1,205. 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 Harris Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Harris Township
On a workday 1,150 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 1,113 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 (0.97 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.
Commuting out of Harris Township: the destinations
Where Harris Township clocks in
11% 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.
From Harris Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harris Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,205 commuters (the 9% 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.
How many miles Harris Township commutes
About 23% 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.
In Harris Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,328 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). 6.6% of Harris Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harris Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Harris Township is 655th among 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 653 | Watab Township MN | 3,478 | $99K | 6.6% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 654 | Lafayette Township NJ | 2,417 | $129K | 5.4% | 3.2% | 5% | A− |
| 655 | Harris Township OH | 2,864 | $89K | 7.6% | 0.0% | 7% | A− |
| 656 | Spring Lake MI | 2,504 | $88K | 7.3% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 657 | Poland OH | 2,418 | $92K | 3.4% | 3.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Harris Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Harris Township
The biggest share goes to Elmore (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Township | – | A− | D | 25 min | $89,471 |
| Woodville Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 25 min | $84,141 |
| Clay Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 25 min | $86,250 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A− | D | 23 min | $86,167 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 23 min | $115,660 |
| Elmore | 3% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $84,554 |
| Salem Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $61,962 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harris 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 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 Harris Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harris Township?
$89,471 (±$20,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harris Township?
7.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harris Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harris Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (11%, 21 mi), Fremont (5%, 12 mi), Port Clinton (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harris Township walkable?
Harris Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harris Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harris Township
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.