Work & commute · Harrisville

Work & commute in Harrisville, MI

Most working residents leave Harrisville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Alpena (10%), Harrisville (9%) and Alpena (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 120 Harrisville residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrisville.

120live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrisville goes to work

Alpena29.7 mi away

10%13

Harrisville2.9 mi away

9%12

Alpena30.3 mi away

8%10

Gustin8.7 mi away

7%9

Harrisville (in town)right here

6%7

Lansing148.4 mi away

4%5

Hawes11 mi away

3%4

Tawas City29.2 mi away

2%3

Au Sable19.2 mi away

2%3

Oscoda18 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%58

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

How far

How far Harrisville commutes

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

28%

26%

38%

28%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrisville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrisville are

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

Jobs based in Harrisville

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Harrisville residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−44%

Jobs based in Harrisville, 2011 → 2021: 323 → 182. 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.