Joseph J. Rohrer Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Harrison Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Harrison Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B−). Harrison Township has 773 jobs, and 1,448 of its residents work somewhere. Only 8% work in Harrison Township itself; outside it, Goshen draws the most (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harrison Township, in a few figures
Harrison Township and Goshen trade workers both ways
Goshen is the top workplace for Harrison Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Harrison Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Harrison Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Harrison Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Harrison Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Harrison Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Harrison Township
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Harrison Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrison Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The places Harrison Township commutes to
Where Harrison Township clocks in
20% of workers
17% 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.
How long Harrison Township spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 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 1,385 commuters (the 9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Harrison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2014 → 2024: 666 → 773. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Harrison Township
On a workday 1,335 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Harrison Township to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Harrison Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,529 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). 18.8% 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.
Harrison Township is 1,645th of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,643 | Long Lake IL | 3,307 | $105K | 7.5% | 17.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,644 | Jefferson Township IN | 3,693 | $102K | 11.1% | 4.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,645 | Harrison Township IN | 3,582 | $81K | 9.1% | 3.7% | 8% | B |
| 1,646 | Van Buren Township IN | 3,147 | $70K | 8.8% | 0.8% | 15% | B |
| 1,647 | Pine Grove Township MI | 3,083 | $69K | 7.4% | 2.1% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
Harrison Township and 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 | B− | 17 min | $80,938 |
| Elkhart Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $63,925 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B+ | A− | 20 min | $72,422 |
| Olive Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 28 min | $81,510 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $55,206 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 2024, 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?
$80,938 (±$14,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
9.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Goshen (20%, 6 mi), Elkhart (17%, 9 mi), Wakarusa (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% 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), 2024, 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.