Feeder Dam Bridge · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainUnemployment in Harrison Township (1.1%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Harrison Township itself; outside it, Terre Haute draws the most (16%, 20 miles). For jobs and income Harrison Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Working residents average 32 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrison Township and work: the main findings
How Harrison Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Harrison Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrison Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
From Harrison Township, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrison Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,229 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 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.
Harrison Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 609 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.36 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Harrison Township: the destinations
Where Harrison Township clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Harrison Township
236 jobs are based in Harrison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 236. 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 Harrison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Harrison Township, by distance
About 27% 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.
Harrison Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,300 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). 3.0% of Harrison Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harrison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Harrison Township is 2,017th among 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 106 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 165 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,015 | South Creek WA | 2,191 | $85K | 3.2% | 5.9% | <1% | B− |
| 2,016 | Hamilton GA | 1,824 | $92K | 11.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B− |
| 2,017 | Harrison Township IN | 2,153 | $73K | 8.6% | 1.1% | 7% | B− |
| 2,018 | Florida NY | 2,756 | $93K | 6.3% | 6.0% | 8% | B− |
| 2,019 | Kinsman Township OH | 1,719 | $62K | 4.2% | 1.1% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Harrison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Harrison Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | B− | C | 32 min | $72,500 |
| Sugar Ridge Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Lewis Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 31 min | $81,964 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 60 min | $63,958 |
| Marion Township | under 3% | — | — | 50 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sugar Ridge Township and Perry Township: not graded. Marion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harrison 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 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 Harrison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harrison Township?
$72,500 (±$20,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
8.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (16%, 20 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 62 mi), Knightsville (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrison Township
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.