Work & commute · Harrison

Work & commute in Harrison, NJ

Most working residents leave Harrison for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (12%), Washington (3%) and Camden (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

489 of 6,252 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 5,763 Harrison residents head out of town to work, 489 work right here, and 5,149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrison.

5,763live here, work elsewhere

489live and work here

5,149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrison goes to work

Philadelphia, PA19.9 mi away

12%749

Harrison (in town)right here

8%489

Washington7.4 mi away

3%216

Camden15.5 mi away

3%201

Mantua3 mi away

3%178

Cherry Hill16.5 mi away

3%160

Vineland21.2 mi away

2%154

Deptford7.8 mi away

2%145

West Deptford8.1 mi away

2%138

Mount Laurel22.3 mi away

2%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,695

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.

30%

47%

11%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrison is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrison are

5,638 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

5,638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Harrison residents hold

6,252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+125%

Jobs based in Harrison, 2013 → 2023: 2,507 → 5,638. 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.