Work & commute · Harbison

Work & commute in Harbison, IN

Most working residents leave Harbison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (42%), Huntingburg (5%) and Ferdinand (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 851 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 830 Harbison residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harbison.

830live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harbison goes to work

Jasper7.3 mi away

42%361

Huntingburg13.3 mi away

5%46

Ferdinand17.1 mi away

4%38

Evansville49.9 mi away

3%27

Bainbridge7.5 mi away

3%22

Marion6 mi away

2%20

Vincennes37.9 mi away

2%14

Dubois3.8 mi away

2%13

French Lick13.7 mi away

1%11

Washington20.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%288

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

How far

How far Harbison commutes

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

50%

26%

10%

14%

50%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harbison is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harbison are

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

Jobs based in Harbison

456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Harbison residents hold

851 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−38%

Jobs based in Harbison, 2013 → 2023: 732 → 456. 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.