Work & commute · Harrison

Work & commute in Harrison, NJ

Most working residents leave Harrison for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (31%), Newark (9%) and Jersey City (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

454 of 8,947 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,493 Harrison residents head out of town to work, 454 work right here, and 3,656 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrison.

8,493live here, work elsewhere

454live and work here

3,656work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrison goes to work

New York, NY12.5 mi away

31%2,811

Newark1.7 mi away

9%846

Harrison (in town)right here

5%454

Jersey City5.1 mi away

5%447

Kearny1.7 mi away

3%225

Secaucus5.2 mi away

2%138

Elizabeth5.7 mi away

1%125

Edison19.4 mi away

1%110

Woodbridge14.5 mi away

1%107

Hoboken6.5 mi away

1%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,593

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.

39%

50%

39%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrison is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrison are

4,110 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

4,110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Harrison residents hold

8,947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−4%

Jobs based in Harrison, 2013 → 2023: 4,293 → 4,110. 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.