Harrison TownshipHoward County, IN
A town of 9,898. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Harrison Township a good place to live?
Harrison Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $225K, 3.5 years of the Kokomo metro’s $64K median household income. It grades A− overall, 175th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools outperform 88% of the state's. Only 54 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Jackson Morrow Park, at 99 acres. Harrison Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes, below both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
What makes Harrison Township stand out
Where Harrison Township beats most towns.
93% of working residents leave Harrison Township for work
Where Harrison Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Harrison Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Harrison Township is from typical.
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Moving to Harrison Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Harrison Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Harrison Township.
Harrison Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
4.6% of the land in Harrison Township is protected from building
Walkers can cover 12 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Harrison Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jackson Morrow Park | 0.1 mi | 99 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Harrison Township’s grade for schools is an A
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $225K.
Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Western School Corporation runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Western High School, with 804 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 589 | B+ |
| Western High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 804 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Most of Harrison Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Kokomo (42%), Indianapolis (11%) and Carmel (3%). Commuting out is the norm in Harrison Township: 7% of working residents work locally. The share of residents in Harrison Township who live below the poverty line: 5.7%. Half of commuters travel less than 12 miles.
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.9% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 7.8% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Harrison Township
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 18°, with about 34 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Harrison Township is less healthy than three in five U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 59% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
14% of adults have diabetes in Harrison Township. Harrison Township: 30% of adults feel lonely.
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Harrison Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| More adults with arthritis | 31.9% | 28.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Harrison Township, with inland flooding at the top
Paid flood insurance claims in Harrison Township since 1983: 12. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in three fifths of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 55% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 30%, against 30% across Indiana. No age group stands out against Indiana: all are within 4 points. The age of the median resident for Harrison Township comes to 40.9 years.
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Harrison Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.6% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Harrison Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Harrison Township
About 7 of every 100 Harrison Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Harrison Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Harrison Township is one of 11 townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,848, upfrom 9,489 in 2010.
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- Area
- 22 sq mi
- Elevation
- 833 ft
Harrison Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Harrison Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | #175 | A− | B | — | A | C+ |
| Clay Township | #164 | A− | A | — | A− | C− |
| Monroe Township | — | — | B+ | — | A | B |
| Taylor Township | #485 | C | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Center Township | #492 | C | A− | — | C | C− |
| Prairie Township | — | — | A | — | B− | B |
| Honey Creek Township | — | — | A | — | A | B |
Monroe Township, Prairie Township and Honey Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Harrison Township, Clay Township, Monroe Township, Taylor Township, Center Township, Prairie Township and Honey Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Harrison Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Harrison Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Harrison Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Harrison Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #175 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and A for schools.
Is Harrison Township, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.