Work & commute · Harris

Work & commute in Harris, PA

Most working residents leave Harris for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are College (32%), State College (12%) and Ferguson (10%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 2,183 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,070 Harris residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harris.

2,070live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harris goes to work

College4 mi away

32%701

State College4.7 mi away

12%270

Ferguson9 mi away

10%211

Harris (in town)right here

5%113

Patton8.7 mi away

5%105

Benner7.4 mi away

2%48

Bellefonte10.1 mi away

2%40

Altoona37.5 mi away

1%26

Spring9 mi away

1%26

Potter6.2 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%621

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

How far

How far Harris commutes

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

70%

18%

70%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harris is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harris are

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

Jobs based in Harris

843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Harris residents hold

2,183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+58%

Jobs based in Harris, 2013 → 2023: 535 → 843. 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.