It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Harris has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Harris has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Harris than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Harris may be for you.
In Harris, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.62 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Harris doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Harris, just 10.53% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Harris in 2022 was $39,618, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,472 for a family of four. However, Harris contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harris is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harris home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harris residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Harris include German, Swedish, Irish, Norwegian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Harris is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Portuguese.
