Work & commute · Harmony

Work & commute in Harmony, MN

About one in 5 of Harmony’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rochester (16%), Preston (9%) and Chatfield (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

79 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 324 Harmony residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harmony.

324live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harmony goes to work

Harmony (in town)right here

20%79

Rochester39.5 mi away

16%65

Preston9 mi away

9%36

Chatfield21.9 mi away

4%16

Decorah, IA20.7 mi away

3%11

Cresco, IA13.7 mi away

2%10

Rushford22 mi away

2%9

Minneapolis115.6 mi away

2%9

Harmony1.3 mi away

2%9

Canton4.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%153

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

How far

How far Harmony commutes

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

36%

23%

24%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harmony is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harmony are

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

Jobs based in Harmony

600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Harmony residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+7%

Jobs based in Harmony, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 600. 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.