Photo: Public domain · Public domainHarmony Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Harmony Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B. Harmony Township has 703 jobs, against 1,413 working residents. Only 3% stay in Harmony Township for work; outside it, Cranberry Township is the main destination (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Harmony Township, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in Harmony Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Harmony Township makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Harmony Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Harmony Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. 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.
Inside Harmony Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harmony Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #338 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Harmony Township’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($70,926, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harmony Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Harmony Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmony Township, 2013 → 2023: 743 → 703. 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 Harmony Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Harmony Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,368 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 658 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Harmony Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where the trip to work from Harmony Township ends
Where Harmony Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harmony Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,583 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many miles Harmony Township commutes
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.
Harmony Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harmony Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #464 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,780 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 48% 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 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 3.1% of Harmony Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Harmony Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
919th of 4,771: where Harmony Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | 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+ |
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| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 61 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 917 | Pike Township OH | 3,724 | $96K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| 918 | Penn Township PA | 3,179 | $59K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 7% | A− |
| 919 | Harmony Township PA | 3,071 | $71K | 5.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A− |
| 920 | Waverly MN | 2,293 | $112K | 10.6% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 921 | Westphalia Township MI | 2,451 | $92K | 7.0% | 2.1% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Harmony Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Harmony Township
The biggest share goes to Ambridge (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harmony Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Township | – | A− | B | 22 min | $70,926 |
| Ambridge | 6% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $51,537 |
| Leet Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 25 min | $93,083 |
| Baden | under 3% | B | A− | 24 min | $63,400 |
| Economy | under 3% | A− | C− | 29 min | $95,313 |
| Aliquippa | under 3% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $50,188 |
| Bell Acres | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $165,987 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harmony 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 Harmony Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harmony Township?
$70,926 (±$10,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmony Township?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harmony Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harmony Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cranberry Township (8%, 9 mi), Pittsburgh (7%, 17 mi), Ambridge (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harmony Township walkable?
Harmony Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harmony Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harmony Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmony 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.