More than half of Harrison Township’s working residents commute to Minot
Harrison Township grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Harrison Township is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. Only 3% stay in Harrison Township for work; outside it, Minot is the main destination (57%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Harrison Township apart on work
Most Harrison Township residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Harrison Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Harrison Township fell from 1,406 in 2013 to 908 in 2023, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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; with 818 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Harrison Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Harrison Township’s grade up ($122,361, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Harrison Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Harrison Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Near or far: the trip to work from Harrison Township
About 26% 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.
Making and building: 34% of jobs based in Harrison Township
908 jobs are based in Harrison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,406 → 908. 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 Harrison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Harrison Township
On a workday 792 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 882 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Harrison Township’s working residents head each day
Where Harrison Township clocks in
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.
The trip to work from Harrison Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrison Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 872 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Driving is how Harrison Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.2% across North Dakota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 913 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). 0.0% of Harrison Township households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harrison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Harrison Township is 700th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 547 | Mapleton ND | 1,496 | $119K | 1.9% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 583 | Surrey ND | 1,450 | $106K | 1.4% | 3.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 698 | Caledonia NY | 2,089 | $84K | 4.7% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| 699 | Clear Creek Township IN | 2,013 | $85K | 7.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 700 | Harrison Township ND | 1,734 | $122K | 5.1% | 5.2% | 3% | A− |
| 701 | Liberty Township PA | 1,820 | $94K | 3.3% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 702 | Glenburn Township PA | 1,436 | $88K | 4.1% | 9.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,071 | Creel Township ND | 1,388 | $114K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Harrison Township, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Bordering towns draw 60% of Harrison Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | A− | D | 20 min | $122,361 |
| Minot | 57% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $73,219 |
| Burlington Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Burlington | under 1% | B | D | 23 min | $77,708 |
| Nedrose Township | 3% | B+ | C− | 18 min | $123,967 |
| Eureka Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Afton Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Burlington Township, Eureka Township and Afton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minot. Darker towns draw more of Harrison 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 Harrison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harrison Township?
$122,361 (±$62,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
5.1%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrison 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.