Work & commute · Harrison

Work & commute in Harrison, IN

Most working residents leave Harrison for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (19%), Elkhart (17%) and Wakarusa (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

115 of 1,433 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,318 Harrison residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrison.

1,318live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrison goes to work

Goshen5.5 mi away

19%276

Elkhart9.3 mi away

17%241

Wakarusa4.5 mi away

8%118

Harrison (in town)right here

6%89

Nappanee8.4 mi away

6%85

South Bend19.1 mi away

3%44

Middlebury14 mi away

3%38

Mishawaka14.4 mi away

3%38

Fort Wayne52.4 mi away

2%26

York16.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%455

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.

56%

27%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrison is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrison are

689 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

689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Harrison residents hold

1,433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+11%

Jobs based in Harrison, 2013 → 2023: 618 → 689. 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.