Work & commute · Harrison

Work & commute in Harrison, ND

Most working residents leave Harrison for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (57%), Bismarck (5%) and Fargo (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 792 Harrison residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrison.

792live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

882work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrison goes to work

Minot4.1 mi away

57%465

Bismarck102.5 mi away

5%38

Fargo231.9 mi away

4%35

Harrison (in town)right here

3%26

Nedrose8.8 mi away

3%25

Williston105.2 mi away

2%17

Minot AFB12.2 mi away

1%11

Surrey10.9 mi away

1%7

Grand Forks198.7 mi away

1%7

Freedom12.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%180

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

How far

How far Harrison commutes

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

65%

26%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrison are

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

Jobs based in Harrison

908 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Harrison residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−35%

Jobs based in Harrison, 2013 → 2023: 1,406 → 908. 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.