Harrisville has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1,636 jobs are based in Harrisville for 3,477 working residents. Harrisville grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 3% work in Harrisville itself; outside it, Ogden draws the most (30%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrisville at work: what stands out
A lot of Harrisville works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Harrisville: Ogden (30%), Pleasant View (4%) and North Ogden (3%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Harrisville
61% of Harrisville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Harrisville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Harrisville are held by workers 29 or younger, against 29% of Harrisville’s own working residents. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Harrisville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrisville is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #45 of 119 in Utah. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($88,750, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrisville could be anywhere from B to A+.
The kinds of work in Harrisville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrisville, 2013 → 2023: 1,335 → 1,636. 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 Harrisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Harrisville by day and by night
On a workday 3,390 residents head out to work, 87 work right here, and 1,549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Harrisville on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Harrisville to work: where people go
Where Harrisville clocks in
30% of workers
9% 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.
How long Harrisville spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrisville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,231 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Harrisville, by distance
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.
Most trips from Harrisville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrisville is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #79 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,737 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, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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 Harrisville households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harrisville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700, Harrisville ranks 618th of 3,205 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 64 | Fruit Heights UT | 5,952 | $141K | 3.9% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | West Bountiful UT | 5,931 | $135K | 3.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 616 | Wildewood MD | 7,552 | $127K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 4% | A |
| 617 | Upper Saddle River NJ | 8,650 | $250K | 4.5% | 7.3% | 4% | A |
| 618 | Harrisville UT | 7,154 | $89K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 619 | Upper Freehold Township NJ | 7,251 | $184K | 2.2% | 6.3% | 5% | A |
| 620 | Green Brook Township NJ | 7,410 | $208K | 6.0% | 5.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Harrisville, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Work next door: 40% of Harrisville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrisville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisville | – | A | B | 21 min | $88,750 |
| North Ogden | 3% | A | A− | 25 min | $113,722 |
| Ogden | 30% | B− | A | 23 min | $72,575 |
| Pleasant View | 4% | A | B | 24 min | $129,462 |
| Farr West | 3% | A | B | 21 min | $127,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ogden. Darker towns draw more of Harrisville’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 Harrisville: questions
What is the median household income in Harrisville?
$88,750 (±$17,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrisville?
5.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrisville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrisville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (30%, 4 mi), Salt Lake City (9%, 35 mi), Layton (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrisville walkable?
Harrisville is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrisville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrisville
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.