Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHarmonsburg has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Harmonsburg report 19 jobs for 127 working residents. Hardly any work in Harmonsburg itself; outside it, Meadville draws the most (20%, 9 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Harmonsburg on a workday
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Harmonsburg on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Out of Harmonsburg to work: where people go
Where Harmonsburg clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Harmonsburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmonsburg, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 19. 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 Harmonsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Harmonsburg
of Harmonsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Harmonsburg works
About 17% 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.
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 Harmonsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Harmonsburg?
$45,750 (±$11,572) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmonsburg?
44.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Harmonsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (20%, 9 mi), Vernon Township (11%, 6 mi), Sadsbury Township (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harmonsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harmonsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmonsburg
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.