Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Harmony Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
West Hickory United Methodist ChurchPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
–Not graded–Not graded
Jobs & commute in Harmony Township

Most of Harmony Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident

Only 6% work in Harmony Township itself; outside it, Tionesta draws the most (9%, 5 miles). Employers in Harmony Township report 86 jobs, and 157 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Harmony Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 148 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.

148live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
77work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night440
Workday370
440live here− 150head out to work+ 77come in to work= 370on a workday

About 370 people are in Harmony Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.55jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Harmony Township’s working residents head each day

Tionesta: 14 residents work here (9%)Titusville: 4 residents work here (3%)New Castle: 4 residents work here (3%)President TownshipTriumph TownshipCranberry Township: 9 residents work here (6%)Jenks Township: 7 residents work here (4%)Hickory Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Pittsfield TownshipGreen Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Cherrytree TownshipOil Creek TownshipKingsley TownshipTionesta Township: 7 residents work here (4%)Harmony TownshipFarmington Township: 7 residents work here (4%)TionestaCranberry TownshipJenks TownshipTionesta TownshipFarmington TownshipTitusvilleHarmony Township
1
Tionesta5.3 mi away
9%14
2
Cranberry Township19.1 mi away
6%9
3
Harmony Township (in town)right here
6%9
4
Jenks Township19.9 mi away
4%7
54%7
64%7
7
Titusville11.4 mi away
3%4
8
New Castle61 mi away
3%4
9
Green Township8.5 mi away
3%4
10
Hickory Township5.5 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%89
The top trips

Where Harmony Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Harmony Township, 70% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Harmony TownshipJobs Harmony Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms70%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices30%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%32%
Over $3,333 a month57%46%

Who does it

29 or younger28%25%
30 to 5441%44%
55 and older31%31%
+473%

Jobs based in Harmony Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 86. 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.

Time on the road

About 22 minutes to work from Harmony Township

A year of commuting
172 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Harmony Township22 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Harmony Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Harmony Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
9%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 251 commuters (the 5% 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 far

Harmony Township’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miTionesta: 9% · 5.3 miCranberry Township: 6% · 19.1 miJenks Township: 4% · 19.9 miTionesta Township: 4% · 7.4 miFarmington Township: 4% · 17.1 miTitusville: 3% · 11.4 miNew Castle: 3% · 61 miGreen Township: 3% · 8.5 miHickory Township: 2% · 5.5 miTionesta 9%Cranberry Township 6%Tionesta Township 4%Farmington Township 4%Harmony Township
Harmony TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi41 residents
29%10–24 mi45 residents
12%25–50 mi18 residents
33%Over 50 mi52 residents

About 33% 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.

Next door

Next door to Harmony Township

The biggest share goes to Tionesta Township (4%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Harmony Township22 min
Hickory Township29 min
President Township33 min
Triumph Township34 min
Tionesta Township37 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHarmony Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Harmony Township–——22 min$63,000
Hickory Township2%——29 min—
Tionesta Township4%——37 min—
Triumph Townshipunder 2%——34 min—
President Townshipunder 2%——33 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Hickory Township, Tionesta Township, Triumph Township and President Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Harmony Township: questions

What is the median household income in Harmony Township?

$63,000 (±$13,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Harmony Township?

16.6%, 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. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Harmony Township work?

6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tionesta (9%, 5 mi), Cranberry Township (6%, 19 mi), Jenks Township (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Harmony Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Harmony Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Harmony Township

Harmony Township home →

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.