Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Harris Township’s working residents commute to Grand Rapids
Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. The two grades for Harris Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Harris Township is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harris Township: the figures worth knowing
Nearly half of Harris Township works in Grand Rapids
746 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Grand Rapids, 5.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 11 times as many as work in Harris Township itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Harris Township’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Minnesota average of 23. Time on the road ↓
Harris Township is a place people come home to
There are 372 jobs based in Harris Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harris Township has about 2,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Harris Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harris Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #179 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate holds Harris Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harris Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where Harris Township’s working residents head each day
Where Harris Township clocks in
45% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Commuting from Harris Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harris Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,344 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Harris Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,592 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Harris Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 372 jobs based in Harris Township
372 jobs are based in Harris Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harris Township, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 372. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harris Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Harris Township
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Harris Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harris Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #266 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Harris Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,426 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Harris Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Harris Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harris Township next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,500: 1,868th of 4,269 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,866 | Ludlow Township IL | 4,076 | $55K | 7.0% | 2.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,867 | Olive Township IN | 3,418 | $82K | 5.6% | 7.4% | 16% | B |
| 1,868 | Harris Township MN | 3,364 | $79K | 4.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,869 | Hopewell Township OH | 2,733 | $61K | 9.6% | 1.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,870 | Armstrong Township PA | 2,747 | $81K | 3.4% | 6.2% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,269 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Harris Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 45% of Harris Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Township | – | B | D | 28 min | $79,243 |
| Grand Rapids | 45% | C− | A | 15 min | $61,029 |
| Wildwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Blackberry Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Spang Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wildwood Township, Blackberry Township and Spang Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Grand Rapids. Darker towns draw more of Harris Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Harris Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harris Township?
$79,243 (±$14,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harris Township?
4.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harris Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harris Township work?
4% work in town.
Is Harris Township walkable?
Harris Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harris Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harris Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.