Work & commute · Harford

Work & commute in Harford, PA

Most working residents leave Harford for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New Milford (8%), Bridgewater (6%) and Scranton (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 505 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 471 Harford residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harford.

471live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harford goes to work

New Milford5.5 mi away

8%38

Harford (in town)right here

7%34

Bridgewater7.8 mi away

6%31

Scranton25.7 mi away

4%19

Binghamton, NY24.6 mi away

3%17

Montrose8.8 mi away

3%17

Union, NY29 mi away

2%12

New Milford7.1 mi away

2%10

Dickson City21.6 mi away

2%10

Kirkwood, NY22.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%308

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

How far

How far Harford commutes

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

27%

30%

20%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harford are

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

Jobs based in Harford

433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Harford residents hold

505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+99%

Jobs based in Harford, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 433. 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.