Harrison Township has lower household incomes than 62% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Harrison Township; the top destination outside it is Cincinnati (18%, 20 miles). 3.9% of residents are in poverty (Indiana 12.3%). For jobs and income Harrison Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Harrison Township apart on work
Harrison Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Harrison Township went from 586 in 2013 to 914 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Harrison Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Harrison Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 41% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Harrison Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($67,554, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrison Township could be anywhere from C to A.
30% of the jobs in Harrison Township make or build things
914 jobs are based in Harrison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 914. 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.
In and out of Harrison Township on a workday
On a workday 1,486 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 818 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Out of Harrison Township to work: where people go
Where Harrison Township clocks in
18% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Harrison Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 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 1,368 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far it is to work from Harrison Township
About 18% 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.
Few in Harrison Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,601 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). 2.4% 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.
For jobs and income, Harrison Township is 1,513th of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,511 | Portland MI | 3,770 | $66K | 7.3% | 2.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,512 | Belgium WI | 2,540 | $75K | 3.0% | 5.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,513 | Harrison Township IN | 3,447 | $68K | 3.9% | 4.3% | 6% | B |
| 1,514 | Alfred ME | 3,188 | $82K | 9.0% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,515 | Collierville CA | 2,546 | $116K | 5.6% | 16.6% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Around Harrison Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | B | C | 28 min | $67,554 |
| Logan Township | under 2% | A | D | 32 min | $118,750 |
| Whitewater Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 41 min | $87,308 |
| Miller Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 29 min | $112,634 |
| West Harrison | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| New Trenton | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Harrison and New Trenton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Harrison. 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?
$67,554 (±$18,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
3.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (18%, 20 mi), Harrison (6%, 3 mi), Bright (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.