Work & commute · Harter

Work & commute in Harter, IL

About one in 5 of Harter’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Flora (36%), Salem (6%) and Louisville (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

521 of 2,368 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,847 Harter residents head out of town to work, 521 work right here, and 1,128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harter.

1,847live here, work elsewhere

521live and work here

1,128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harter goes to work

Flora3.4 mi away

36%850

Salem23.1 mi away

6%131

Louisville6.8 mi away

5%117

Effingham30.9 mi away

5%108

Olney24.6 mi away

2%53

Clay City10.1 mi away

2%43

Mount Vernon32.3 mi away

2%43

Springfield97.4 mi away

2%39

Fairfield22.1 mi away

1%34

Chicago223.1 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%916

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

How far

How far Harter commutes

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

45%

10%

17%

28%

45%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harter is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harter are

1,649 jobs are based in Harter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harter

1,649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Harter residents hold

2,368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−9%

Jobs based in Harter, 2013 → 2023: 1,817 → 1,649. 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.