Work & commute · Harmony Grove

Work & commute in Harmony Grove, CA

Most working residents leave Harmony Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (36%), Escondido (10%) and Carlsbad (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,011 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,002 Harmony Grove residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harmony Grove.

1,002live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harmony Grove goes to work

San Diego18.7 mi away

36%359

Escondido4.3 mi away

10%103

Carlsbad8.7 mi away

8%77

San Marcos3 mi away

7%71

Los Angeles96.9 mi away

3%32

Poway10.3 mi away

3%29

Oceanside13 mi away

2%22

Vista8.5 mi away

2%20

Irvine54.1 mi away

2%17

Encinitas8.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%265

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Harmony Grove commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

41%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harmony Grove is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Harmony Grove are

179 jobs are based in Harmony Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harmony Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harmony Grove

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Harmony Grove residents hold

1,011 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+714%

Jobs based in Harmony Grove, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 179. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.