George Burr House · Photo: Duds98 · CC BY-SA 3.0Harrisville Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 57% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 69% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 35 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Harrisville Township; the top destination outside it is Medina (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Harrisville Township, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
74% of the jobs in Harrisville Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Harrisville Township
64% of Harrisville Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 29% of the jobs based in Harrisville Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Harrisville Township pay little
36% of the jobs based in Harrisville Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 44% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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; with 922 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Harrisville Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Harrisville Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Harrisville Township’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Harrisville Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Harrisville Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
What the 502 jobs in Harrisville Township are
502 jobs are based in Harrisville Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrisville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrisville Township, 2013 → 2023: 748 → 502. 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.
Harrisville Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 903 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 483 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Harrisville Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Medina
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Harrisville Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrisville Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 765 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Harrisville Township commutes less than 22 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Harrisville Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrisville Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Harrisville 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 911 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Harrisville Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harrisville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harrisville Township is 1,924th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Harrisville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 46 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,922 | Washington Township IN | 2,342 | $93K | 7.5% | 3.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,923 | Calvin Township MI | 2,030 | $81K | 8.7% | 6.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,924 | Harrisville Township OH | 1,757 | $91K | 16.3% | 3.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,925 | Lewiston WI | 1,244 | $91K | 9.6% | 1.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,926 | Crimora VA | 1,252 | $83K | 9.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
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| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
Harrisville Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Westfield Township (4%). Darker towns draw more of Harrisville Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrisville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisville Township | – | B | C− | 35 min | $90,795 |
| Chatham Township | under 2% | A− | D | 35 min | $71,611 |
| Westfield Township | 4% | A | D | 25 min | $98,413 |
| Homer Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 28 min | $76,468 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Harrisville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harrisville Township?
$90,795 (±$16,184) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrisville Township?
16.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrisville Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrisville Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medina (11%, 11 mi), Cleveland (9%, 36 mi), Lodi (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrisville Township walkable?
Harrisville Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrisville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrisville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrisville 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.