Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Harvey’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Harvey is better than 7% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). 12.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 10.8% for North Dakota as a whole. More than half work in Harvey itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (5%, 158 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harvey at work: what stands out
Most jobs in Harvey go to people who live here
Of the 743 jobs based in Harvey, 48% are held by Harvey residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Harvey are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 18 across North Dakota. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Dakota worker. Time on the road ↓
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 698 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Harvey’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Harvey’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Harvey’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Harvey could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Who works in Harvey, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 340 residents head out to work, 358 work right here, and 385 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 (1.06 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.
Half of Harvey commutes less than 1 miles
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.
The trip to work from Harvey: about 10 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harvey workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 commuters (the 1% 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.
Commuting out of Harvey: the destinations
Where Harvey clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Harvey: 743 jobs
743 jobs are based in Harvey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Harvey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Harvey is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.2% across North Dakota, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 711 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). 8.3% of Harvey households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Harvey’s commuters take a bus or train.
5,068th of 5,794: where Harvey ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 478 | Thompson ND | 1,100 | $118K | 1.5% | 0.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,066 | Ramseur NC | 1,806 | $36K | 47.7% | 6.3% | 2% | D |
| 5,067 | Tryon NC | 1,634 | $58K | 22.3% | 2.5% | 9% | D |
| 5,068 | Harvey ND | 1,532 | $43K | 12.0% | 1.4% | 51% | D |
| 5,069 | Wheatland Township MI | 1,455 | $55K | 18.4% | 8.3% | 7% | D |
| 5,070 | Holcomb Township MO | 1,264 | $49K | 15.7% | 2.5% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Harvey, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Harvey and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Forward Township (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harvey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey | – | D | A− | 10 min | $42,697 |
| Wells Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Hillsdale Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Forward Township | 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wells Township, Hillsdale Township and Forward Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harvey’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 Harvey: questions
What is the median household income in Harvey?
$42,697 (±$9,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harvey?
12.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harvey?
10 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harvey work?
51% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (5%, 158 mi), Bismarck (5%, 77 mi), Fessenden (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harvey walkable?
Harvey is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harvey without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harvey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harvey
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.