Harrah has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 20% across Washington. Employers in Harrah report 96 jobs, against 222 working residents. Hardly any stay in Harrah for work; outside it, Yakima is the main destination (19%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrah at work: what stands out
Harrah and Yakima trade workers both ways
Yakima is the top workplace for Harrah residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Harrah come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Harrah are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 222 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Harrah work
Where Harrah clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
From Harrah, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrah workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 293 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
In and out of Harrah on a workday
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Harrah on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
What Harrah’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrah, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 96. 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 Harrah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Harrah
About 20% 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 Harrah: questions
What is the median household income in Harrah?
$73,958 (±$12,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrah?
13.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrah?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrah work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yakima (19%, 13 mi), Wapato (7%, 6 mi), Toppenish (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harrah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrah
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.