Work & commute · Harris

Work & commute in Harris, MN

Most working residents leave Harris for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (45%), Cohasset (5%) and Duluth (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,655 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,592 Harris residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harris.

1,592live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harris goes to work

Grand Rapids5.7 mi away

45%746

Cohasset9 mi away

5%81

Harris (in town)right here

4%63

Duluth70.3 mi away

4%61

Hibbing31.4 mi away

3%46

Coleraine7.6 mi away

2%34

Minneapolis152 mi away

2%33

Nashwauk23.2 mi away

1%24

Bemidji67.9 mi away

1%23

Deer River18.1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%523

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.

57%

31%

57%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harris is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harris are

372 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

372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Harris residents hold

1,655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+20%

Jobs based in Harris, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 372. 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.