About Harwood

Harwood is a very small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 1,347 people and just one neighborhood, Harwood is the 50th largest community in North Dakota.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Harwood is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Harwood is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Harwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.24%), sales jobs (12.75%), and management occupations (7.62%).

Also of interest is that Harwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Harwood is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Harwood really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Harwood perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One of the benefits of Harwood is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.18 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Harwood is a very car-oriented town. 98.76% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Harwood is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Harwood has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Harwood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Harwood Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Harwood is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 23.30% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Harwood in 2000 was $21,000, which is wealthy relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,000 for a family of four. However, Harwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Harwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Harwood is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Harwood include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Scandinavian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Harwood is English.