Work & commute · Harriston

Work & commute in Harriston, VA

Most working residents leave Harriston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waynesboro (11%), Verona (10%) and Harrisonburg (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 414 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 410 Harriston residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harriston.

410live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harriston goes to work

Waynesboro10.6 mi away

11%44

Verona10 mi away

10%40

Harrisonburg16 mi away

7%28

Stuarts Draft17.3 mi away

6%26

Fishersville11.4 mi away

5%21

Staunton13.3 mi away

4%16

Charlottesville21.9 mi away

2%9

Elkton18 mi away

2%8

Pantops24 mi away

2%8

Dayton15.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%207

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

How far

How far Harriston commutes

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

14%

62%

21%

14%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harriston is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harriston are

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

Jobs based in Harriston

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Harriston residents hold

414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+500%

Jobs based in Harriston, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 42. 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.