Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Harrison Township are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Harrison Township; the top destination outside it is Bluffton (35%, 4 miles). 7.2% of residents are in poverty, against 12.3% across Indiana. Jobs and income earn Harrison Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harrison Township: the figures worth knowing
Harrison Township and Bluffton trade workers both ways
Bluffton is the top workplace for Harrison Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Harrison Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Harrison Township trades workers with the towns around it
Harrison Township has about as many jobs (4,961) as working residents (4,170), but they are mostly different people: 2,989 residents leave for work each day while 3,780 people come in. Only 24% of the jobs in Harrison Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrison Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #317 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Harrison Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($61,689, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrison Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Where Harrison Township’s working residents head each day
Where Harrison Township clocks in
35% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Harrison Township
On a workday 2,989 residents head out to work, 1,181 work right here, and 3,780 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 (1.19 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Harrison Township’s jobs are in goods
4,961 jobs are based in Harrison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,678 → 4,961. 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 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 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 4,085 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Harrison Township
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.
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 65% of U.S. towns, #145 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 4,302 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). 6.9% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200, Harrison Township ranks 1,697th of 2,891 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 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 75 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 160 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 181 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,695 | Bel Air MD | 10,507 | $75K | 13.8% | 4.4% | 15% | B− |
| 1,696 | Winterville NC | 10,973 | $83K | 9.8% | 5.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,697 | Harrison Township IN | 9,017 | $62K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 28% | B− |
| 1,698 | Silver Lake NC | 6,563 | $77K | 9.7% | 5.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,699 | Petal MS | 11,694 | $75K | 11.1% | 3.6% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | 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.
How Harrison Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lancaster Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | B− | B+ | 20 min | $61,689 |
| Lancaster Township | 4% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $76,563 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 27 min | $56,080 |
| French Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 23 min | $105,288 |
| Nottingham Township | under 2% | C | D− | 23 min | $64,737 |
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?
$61,689 (±$7,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
7.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bluffton (35%, 4 mi), Fort Wayne (15%, 27 mi), Lancaster Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.