Work & commute · Harwood

Work & commute in Harwood, ND

Most working residents leave Harwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (64%), West Fargo (16%) and Moorhead (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 452 Harwood residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harwood.

452live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harwood goes to work

Fargo8.1 mi away

64%291

West Fargo8.2 mi away

16%71

Moorhead, MN10.1 mi away

6%27

Casselton16.6 mi away

1%6

Grand Forks65.8 mi away

1%6

Mapleton10 mi away

1%5

Reed2.4 mi away

1%5

Harwood (in town)right here

1%3

Frontier12.4 mi away

0%2

Jamestown85.6 mi away

0%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%37

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

How far

How far Harwood commutes

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

68%

24%

68%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harwood is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harwood are

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

Jobs based in Harwood

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Harwood residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+4%

Jobs based in Harwood, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 210. 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.