Is Harristown a good place to live?
Harristown’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 87 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score lower on walkability. 13% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Harristown, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Harristown's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns. Harristown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Harristown stand out
Where Harristown beats most towns.
1,247 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Harristown grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Harristown is from typical.
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Moving to Harristown: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Harristown, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Harristown.
Zillow puts the typical Harristown home at about $130K
In Harristown, 89% of households own their home, above both the Illinois town median (75%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). For Harristown, the going rate for rent is $825 a month. Typical home values rose 3.3% in the year to September 2026.
| Harristown | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $825 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
About half of Harristown’s working residents commute to Decatur
Harristown’s average commute comes in at 22 minutes. Commuting out is the norm locally: 4% of working residents work locally. It had 338 jobs in 2023, up 235 from 2013. The top destinations are Decatur (45%), Warrensburg (3%) and Springfield (3%).
| Harristown | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Harristown, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Summers in Harristown are warm, and winters chilly. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 19°; snowfall runs to about 14 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Harristown is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Harristown who have no health insurance: 6.5%. Against the Illinois average, Harristown comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 4. Among adults here, 11% worry about having enough food and 36% have high blood pressure.
| Harristown | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Harristown | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a low hazard risk in Harristown: inland flooding
Expected losses in Harristown break down as 35% from inland flooding and 16% from drought. In Harristown, the risk rating from FEMA is 38 of 100. Also worth knowing: households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Harristown
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Harristown
About 6 of every 100 Harristown residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
96% of working residents leave Harristown for work
Where Harristown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Harristown
Village in Illinois, United States
Harristown is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,310 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 672 ft
- ZIP code
- 62537
Questions about Harristown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Harristown, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.