Most of Harrisville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Harrisville report 6 jobs, against 36 working residents. Only 3% work in Harrisville; the top destination outside it is Montello (17%, 7 miles). 29% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Harrisville
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Harrisville on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Harrisville’s working residents head each day
Where Harrisville clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Harrisville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrisville, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 6. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Harrisville spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrisville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 29% 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.
How far Harrisville’s workers travel
About 44% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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?
$44,306 (±$15,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrisville?
2.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrisville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrisville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montello (17%, 7 mi), Ripon (6%, 29 mi), Milwaukee (6%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Harrisville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 2024, 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.