Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Harrison Township has higher household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
Only 8% work in Harrison Township; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (12%, 20 miles). Poverty touches 4.8% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. The two grades for Harrison Township are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrison Township and work: the main findings
Jobs in Harrison Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Harrison Township went from 2,507 in 2013 to 5,638 in 2023, +125%. The jobs ↓
Harrison Township trades workers with the towns around it
Harrison Township has about as many jobs (5,638) as working residents (6,252), but they are mostly different people: 5,763 residents leave for work each day while 5,149 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Harrison Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Harrison Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,638 jobs in Harrison Township are filled from a wide area. Harrison Township’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 32%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Harrison Township is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrison Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #76 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($165,927, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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 A− to A+.
Most jobs in Harrison Township are in services
5,638 jobs are based in Harrison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,507 → 5,638. 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.
How many people are in Harrison Township by day
On a workday 5,763 residents head out to work, 489 work right here, and 5,149 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 (0.90 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.
Where the trip to work from Harrison Township ends
Where Harrison Township clocks in
12% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Harrison Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrison Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,307 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% 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’s workers travel
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.
The commute in Harrison Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #424 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,806 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Harrison Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Harrison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Harrison Township is 230th among 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 5 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 15 | Franklin Lakes NJ | 11,180 | $236K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 5% | A+ |
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| 29 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
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| 228 | Fairfax Station VA | 12,566 | $212K | 1.7% | 4.8% | 1% | A |
| 229 | Wolcott CT | 16,573 | $111K | 1.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 230 | Harrison Township NJ | 14,043 | $166K | 4.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 231 | Wyckoff Township NJ | 17,224 | $204K | 3.1% | 5.0% | 8% | A |
| 232 | Artondale WA | 14,073 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 New Jersey.
The towns around Harrison Township
The biggest share goes to Mantua Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | A | C+ | 27 min | $165,927 |
| Elk Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $141,382 |
| Woolwich Township | under 3% | A | B− | 29 min | $157,778 |
| South Harrison Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 34 min | $139,773 |
| Mantua Township | 3% | A | B+ | 27 min | $121,875 |
| East Greenwich Township | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 28 min | $148,814 |
| Glassboro | under 3% | B− | A+ | 28 min | $87,278 |
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?
$165,927 (±$16,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
4.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (12%, 20 mi), Washington Township (3%, 7 mi), Camden (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.