Harrison TownshipIN
A town of 1,895. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Harrison Township a good place to live?
The best of Harrison Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools and civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Harrison Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Harrison Township stand out
Where Harrison Township beats most towns.
94% 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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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.
Public schools in Harrison Township beat 79% of Indiana districts
Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is South Knox Middle-High School, with 562 students. The public schools here belong to South Knox School Corp.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Knox Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 653 | B+ |
| South Knox Middle-High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 562 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Harrison Township work out of town
15% of residents live below the poverty line in Harrison Township. In Harrison Township, the typical household income is $88,000, above both the Indiana town median ($71,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Half commute less than 13 miles. The top destinations are Vincennes (24%), Vincennes Township (9%) and Washington (5%).
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Harrison Township is less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
In Harrison Township, nearly two in five adults have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% smoke cigarettes, 18% report frequent mental distress.
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Harrison Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer adults under 35 in Harrison Township than across Indiana
Here, 20% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 30% in Indiana as a whole. Adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). In Harrison Township, just over a quarter of residents are under 18, where Indiana’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%.
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.2 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 36% and 72% women
The Census survey reached too few of Harrison Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±17.8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Harrison Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.9% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Harrison Township: inland flooding
38% of Harrison Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 23%. Compared with 58% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Harrison Township keeps 2.3% of its land conserved
31 miles of trail. The trail density in Harrison Township is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Harrison Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Harrison Township. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Theme parkHoliday World & Splashin' Safari
12 mi National Historical ParkGeorge Rogers Clark National Historical Park113K visitors a year
37 mi National MemorialLincoln Boyhood National Memorial116K visitors a year12 mi MuseumIndiana Military Museum
12 mi MuseumIndiana Territorial CapitolPhoto credits
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Public domain · George Rogers Clark National Historical Park: The original uploader was Agentmoose at English Wikipedia. on 2006-07-08., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Rene Sturgell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana Territorial Capitol: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Harrison Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Harrison Township
About 2 of every 100 Harrison Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Harrison Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Harrison Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,921 (slightly up from 1,916 at 2010) and it contained 867 housing units.
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- Area
- 80 sq mi
- Elevation
- 459 ft
Harrison Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Harrison Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| Veale Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | D |
| Madison Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clay Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | #376 | B− | A | — | B− | C− |
| Washington Township | #453 | C+ | A− | — | B− | D |
| Steen Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Johnson Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C− |
Harrison Township, Veale Township and Johnson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Harrison Township, Veale Township, Washington Township, Washington Township and Johnson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Madison Township, Clay Township and Steen Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). 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?
Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Harrison Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.