Work & commute · Harvey

Work & commute in Harvey, ND

51% of Harvey’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fargo (5%), Bismarck (5%) and Fessenden (5%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

358 of 698 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 340 Harvey residents head out of town to work, 358 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harvey.

340live here, work elsewhere

358live and work here

385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harvey goes to work

Harvey (in town)right here

51%358

Fargo158.4 mi away

5%38

Bismarck77.3 mi away

5%35

Fessenden16.7 mi away

5%32

Forward5 mi away

4%30

Hillsdale3.7 mi away

2%17

Grand Forks132.2 mi away

2%16

Devils Lake54.1 mi away

2%12

New Rockford37.5 mi away

2%11

Mandan79.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%140

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

How far

How far Harvey commutes

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

58%

31%

58%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harvey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harvey are

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

Jobs based in Harvey

743 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Harvey residents hold

698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−7%

Jobs based in Harvey, 2013 → 2023: 799 → 743. 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.