Households in Harford Township have higher incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
Only 5% stay in Harford Township for work; outside it, New Milford Township is the main destination (8%, 6 miles). Below the poverty line: 7.9% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). The two grades for Harford Township are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harford Township: the figures worth knowing
Inside Harford Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Harford Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Harford Township’s grade up ($90,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Harford Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Harford Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
About 36 minutes each way for Harford Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 512 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Harford Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 495 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 411 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 (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Harford Township work
Where Harford Township clocks in
6% 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.
Inside Harford Township’s 439 jobs
439 jobs are based in Harford Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harford Township, 2014 → 2024: 456 → 439. 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 Harford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Harford Township commutes less than 24 miles
About 28% 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.
Harford Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harford Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Harford 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 591 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). 4.1% of Harford Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harford Township is 1,481st of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,479 | Fort Recovery OH | 1,476 | $67K | 2.7% | 1.4% | 15% | B− |
| 1,480 | Columbia NY | 1,584 | $91K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,481 | Harford Township PA | 1,249 | $90K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,482 | Audubon Park NJ | 1,004 | $57K | 12.4% | 8.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,483 | Milford UT | 1,401 | $82K | 2.3% | 2.3% | 31% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Harford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 10% of Harford Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harford Township | – | B− | C− | 36 min | $90,417 |
| Brooklyn Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Lenox Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 26 min | $75,833 |
| New Milford Township | 8% | C | C | 28 min | $61,932 |
| Gibson Township | 2% | B− | C | 30 min | $86,600 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brooklyn Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Milford Township. Darker towns draw more of Harford 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 Harford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harford Township?
$90,417 (±$12,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harford Township?
7.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harford Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harford Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Milford Township (8%, 6 mi), Bridgewater Township (6%, 8 mi), Scranton (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Harford Township walkable?
Harford Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harford Township 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 Harford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harford 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.