Henry F. Whitelock House and Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHarrison Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 202 jobs in Harrison Township; 446 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Harrison Township are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Harrison Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Harrison Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Harrison Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Harrison Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Harrison Township
On a workday 441 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in New Castle
Where Harrison Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
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.
Jobs in Harrison Township: what the 202 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 202. 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Harrison Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 573 commuters (the 12% 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 Harrison Township goes to work
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Harrison Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 649 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). 0.0% 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.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Harrison Township comes 495th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 493 | Taos MO | 1,175 | $99K | 2.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 494 | Adair Village OR | 1,010 | $99K | 3.6% | 4.4% | 1% | A− |
| 495 | Harrison Township IN | 1,400 | $100K | 3.1% | 6.6% | 1% | A− |
| 496 | Noble Township OH | 1,834 | $97K | 0.8% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 497 | Shelby Township IN | 1,873 | $97K | 4.8% | 6.1% | 1% | A− |
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| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Henry Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | A− | C | 24 min | $100,083 |
| Greensboro Township | under 2% | C | D | 34 min | $56,111 |
| Fall Creek Township | 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $69,350 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | C | 24 min | $56,141 |
| Henry Township | 4% | C | B+ | 21 min | $58,355 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $82,500 |
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 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?
$100,083 (±$20,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
3.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (10%, 8 mi), Muncie (10%, 18 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.