Work & commute · Harrison

Work & commute in Harrison, MI

Most working residents leave Harrison for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (11%), Clinton (9%) and Warren (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

411 of 10,936 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,525 Harrison residents head out of town to work, 411 work right here, and 2,302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrison.

10,525live here, work elsewhere

411live and work here

2,302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrison goes to work

Detroit20.3 mi away

11%1,251

Clinton5.1 mi away

9%1,010

Warren12.4 mi away

8%902

Troy16.7 mi away

6%625

Sterling Heights10.8 mi away

5%597

Mount Clemens3.3 mi away

4%412

Harrison (in town)right here

4%411

St. Clair Shores7.5 mi away

3%329

Shelby12.6 mi away

3%299

Auburn Hills22.5 mi away

3%284

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%4,816

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.

34%

48%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrison is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrison are

2,713 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

2,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Harrison residents hold

10,936 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−33%

Jobs based in Harrison, 2011 → 2021: 4,045 → 2,713. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.