Work & commute · Harrison

Work & commute in Harrison, IL

Most working residents leave Harrison for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (24%), Murphysboro (23%) and Marion (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 346 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 343 Harrison residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrison.

343live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrison goes to work

Carbondale8.1 mi away

24%83

Murphysboro2.1 mi away

23%79

Marion22 mi away

3%12

Herrin16.7 mi away

3%9

Springfield138.7 mi away

3%9

Murphysboro4.6 mi away

2%8

Mount Vernon42.3 mi away

2%7

Harrisburg43.4 mi away

2%6

Somerset2.2 mi away

2%6

Chester28.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%122

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

How far

How far Harrison commutes

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

54%

16%

12%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrison is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrison are

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

Jobs based in Harrison

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Harrison residents hold

346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+19%

Jobs based in Harrison, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 106. 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.