Harmony has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. There are 5 jobs in Harmony, against 81 working residents. Hardly any stay in Harmony for work; outside it, Phillips is the main destination (20%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Harmony, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Harmony on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 people from Harmony work
Where Harmony 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.
In Harmony, 60% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harmony, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 5. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Harmony
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harmony workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Harmony
About 30% 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.
The towns around Harmony
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harmony workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | – | — | — | 20 min | $56,500 |
| Georgetown | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Elk | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Catawba | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Hackett | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Catawba | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Georgetown: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Elk, Catawba, Hackett and Catawba: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harmony’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: questions
What is the median household income in Harmony?
$56,500 (±$3,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harmony?
4.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harmony?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harmony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phillips (20%, 9 mi), Prentice (11%, 11 mi), Medford (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Harmony 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harmony
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.