Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domainA job hub: Harmar Township has 2.9 jobs per working resident, and 3,776 people come in to work
The two grades for Harmar Township are B for jobs and income and A for walkability. 3,863 jobs are based in Harmar Township, against 1,336 working residents. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Harmar Township in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Harmar Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harmar Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #590 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Harmar Township’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harmar Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
A workday in Harmar Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,249 residents head out to work and 87 work right here.
About 5,500 people are in Harmar Township on a workday afternoon, 84% more 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 send workers to Harmar Township
Where Harmar Township clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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 Harmar Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmar Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,633 → 3,863. 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 Harmar Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Harmar Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harmar Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,249 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Harmar Township to work
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 Harmar Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harmar Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #234 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Harmar 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 1,387 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 57% 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 6.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 5.7% of Harmar Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Harmar Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,721st of 4,618: where Harmar Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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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| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,719 | Princeton Township MN | 2,350 | $88K | 11.5% | 3.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,720 | Cardington Township OH | 3,283 | $67K | 9.5% | 1.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,721 | Harmar Township PA | 2,998 | $65K | 14.8% | 2.6% | 7% | B |
| 1,722 | Holmes Beach FL | 3,027 | $88K | 7.7% | 5.6% | 12% | B |
| 1,723 | Statham GA | 3,350 | $74K | 13.0% | 2.7% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | 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 Harmar Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Harmar Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to O'Hara Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harmar Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmar Township | – | B | A | 25 min | $65,075 |
| Indiana Township | 1% | A | C+ | 24 min | $115,375 |
| Oakmont | 2% | B+ | A | 26 min | $92,782 |
| Plum | under 2% | A | B | 31 min | $98,705 |
| Fox Chapel | 2% | A | B+ | 27 min | $243,625 |
| Cheswick | under 2% | A− | A− | 26 min | $75,000 |
| O'Hara Township | 6% | A | A− | 24 min | $117,276 |
| Harwick | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Springdale Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $62,024 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harwick: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harmar 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 Harmar Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harmar Township?
$65,075 (±$9,937) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmar Township?
14.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harmar Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harmar Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (27%, 10 mi), O'Hara Township (6%, 4 mi), Monroeville (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harmar Township walkable?
Harmar Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harmar Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harmar Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmar 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.