Work & commute · North Harmony

Work & commute in North Harmony, NY

Most working residents leave North Harmony for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (15%), Busti (13%) and Ellicott (12%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 879 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 845 North Harmony residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Harmony.

845live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Harmony goes to work

Jamestown11.8 mi away

15%134

Busti8.8 mi away

13%115

Ellicott11.7 mi away

12%105

Chautauqua8.3 mi away

8%70

Harmony5.3 mi away

7%61

North Harmony (in town)right here

4%34

Buffalo61.3 mi away

3%30

Evans43.4 mi away

2%21

Amherst71 mi away

2%20

Cheektowaga65.5 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%279

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

How far

How far North Harmony commutes

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

45%

26%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Harmony is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Harmony are

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

Jobs based in North Harmony

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs North Harmony residents hold

879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+53%

Jobs based in North Harmony, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 213. 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.