Photo: Evking22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Harrison Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 7% stay in Harrison Township for work; outside it, Kokomo is the main destination (42%, 4 miles). Harrison Township has 1,846 jobs, against 4,123 working residents. Jobs and income earn Harrison Township B+; getting around on foot earns it 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 and Kokomo trade workers both ways
Kokomo is the top workplace for Harrison Township residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Harrison Township come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Harrison Township
59% of Harrison Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Harrison Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. 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. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Harrison Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrison Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #162 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrison Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Out of Harrison Township to work: where people go
Where Harrison Township clocks in
11% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Harrison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,911 → 1,846. 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.
Who commutes out of Harrison Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,840 residents head out to work, 283 work right here, and 1,563 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
From Harrison Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 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 4,358 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Harrison Township
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.
For most of Harrison Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #405 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Harrison Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,729 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). 5.0% of Harrison Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Harrison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harrison Township is 1,052nd of 2,792 U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 108 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 147 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,050 | Elizabethtown PA | 11,961 | $76K | 7.6% | 3.4% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,051 | Reed Township IL | 6,988 | $82K | 7.7% | 2.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,052 | Harrison Township IN | 9,898 | $85K | 5.7% | 3.6% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,053 | West Brandywine Township PA | 8,131 | $113K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,054 | Cortland Township IL | 11,644 | $99K | 6.0% | 5.1% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,792 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
The towns around Harrison Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | B+ | C | 21 min | $85,478 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | A | D | 21 min | $104,292 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $127,788 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | B | D | 19 min | $71,971 |
| Center Township | under 2% | C− | B | 19 min | $51,025 |
| Prairie Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 34 min | $101,125 |
| Honey Creek Township | under 2% | B− | C | 25 min | $84,728 |
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?
$85,478 (±$7,745) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
5.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kokomo (42%, 4 mi), Indianapolis (11%, 46 mi), Carmel (3%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.