Fargo draws more than half of Harwood Township’s working residents
The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Harwood Township report 39 jobs; 206 of its residents have a job. Poverty touches 9.3% of residents, where North Dakota as a whole has 10.8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harwood Township: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Harwood Township works in Fargo
124 working residents, 60%, have their main job in Fargo, 11 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Harwood Township itself. The commute map ↓
Harwood Township is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Harwood Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harwood Township has about 140 people in it, 54% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Harwood Township work
Where Harwood Township clocks in
60% of workers
19% 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.
Harwood Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Harwood Township on a workday afternoon, 54% fewer than live here.
0.19 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 2024, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in Harwood Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harwood Township, 2014 → 2024: 36 → 39. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, about the ND average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harwood Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Harwood Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 60% of Harwood Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harwood Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $79,877 |
| Harwood | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wiser Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Reed Township | under 1% | A+ | C | 20 min | $130,938 |
| Berlin Township | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Argusville | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Fargo | 60% | B− | A | 16 min | $66,998 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harwood, Wiser Township, Berlin Township and Argusville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fargo. Darker towns draw more of Harwood 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 2024, 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 Harwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harwood Township?
$79,877 (±$61,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harwood Township?
9.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harwood Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harwood Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Harwood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harwood Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.