Corydon Battle Site · Photo: Bedford at English Wikipedia · Public domainHarrison Township’s household incomes are lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 9.0%, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. Jobs and income earn Harrison Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in four stay in Harrison Township for work; outside it, Corydon is the main destination (13%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Harrison Township stands out on work
Harrison Township trades workers with the towns around it
Harrison Township has about as many jobs (6,121) as working residents (5,834), but they are mostly different people: 4,297 residents leave for work each day while 4,584 people come in. Only 25% of the jobs in Harrison Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Harrison Township’s 25-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 39 minutes. Next door ↓
Harrison Township draws workers from far and wide
The 6,121 jobs in Harrison Township are filled from a wide area. Harrison Township’s own residents hold 25% and the ten next-biggest home towns 20%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrison Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #316 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Harrison Township’s grade up (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,722, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrison Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Harrison Township
On a workday 4,297 residents head out to work, 1,537 work right here, and 4,584 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
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
10% 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.
Inside Harrison Township’s 6,121 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,525 → 6,121. 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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 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 5,427 commuters (the 11% 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.
Miles to work from Harrison Township
About 21% 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
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #296 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 6,070 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). 4.5% 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 places 1,386th of 2,227 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 51 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 92 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 103 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,384 | St. Augustine FL | 16,141 | $78K | 14.1% | 3.8% | 27% | B− |
| 1,385 | Effingham IL | 12,406 | $72K | 14.6% | 2.6% | 48% | B− |
| 1,386 | Harrison Township IN | 13,718 | $67K | 9.0% | 4.4% | 26% | B− |
| 1,387 | Sumpter Township MI | 11,384 | $76K | 12.7% | 5.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,388 | Alpine Township MI | 14,034 | $68K | 11.2% | 5.5% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Harrison Township
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | B− | C+ | 25 min | $66,722 |
| Jennings Township | under 1% | D | C− | 33 min | $48,750 |
| Webster Township | under 1% | B | D− | 35 min | $93,482 |
| Spencer Township | under 1% | A− | D− | 35 min | $95,793 |
| Boone Township | under 1% | C+ | C− | 36 min | $54,375 |
| Jackson Township | 1% | B | C− | 33 min | $85,645 |
| Franklin Township | under 1% | A | D− | 28 min | $95,686 |
| Heth Township | under 1% | B− | D− | 39 min | $85,893 |
| Washington Township | under 1% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington 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?
$66,722 (±$7,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
9.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corydon (13%, 2 mi), New Albany (10%, 20 mi), Louisville (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 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 4% 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.