Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Harrod commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 20 jobs in Harrod, against 222 working residents. Only 2% work in Harrod itself; outside it, Lima draws the most (18%, 10 miles). At 23 minutes each way, commutes from Harrod run about the Ohio average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harrod: the figures worth knowing
Who leaves Harrod for work, and who comes in
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Harrod on a workday afternoon, 47% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Harrod’s residents
Where Harrod clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
What Harrod’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrod, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 20. 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 Harrod’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Harrod: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrod workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 14% 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 far it is to work from Harrod
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.
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 Harrod: questions
What is the median household income in Harrod?
$72,813 (±$13,209) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrod?
9.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrod?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrod work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (18%, 10 mi), Bath Township (9%, 8 mi), Shawnee Township (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harrod without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrod, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrod
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.