Work & commute · Harp

Work & commute in Harp, IL

Most working residents leave Harp for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (18%), Decatur (9%) and Champaign (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 115 Harp residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harp.

115live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harp goes to work

Clinton6.1 mi away

18%21

Decatur23.1 mi away

9%11

Champaign31.2 mi away

7%8

Le Roy11.8 mi away

4%5

Springfield49.7 mi away

4%5

Chicago129.5 mi away

3%4

Wapella6 mi away

3%3

Urbana35.3 mi away

3%3

Forsyth18.7 mi away

2%2

Lincoln27.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%53

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

How far

How far Harp commutes

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

24%

21%

22%

33%

24%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harp is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harp are

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

Jobs based in Harp

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Harp residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+287%

Jobs based in Harp, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 89. 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.