Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Harrison Township's standout: the median household earns $111K. Overall it grades B, 445th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. Natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Harrison Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Outville Depot and Outville Hay and Grain Company Building. The typical home is worth about $349K, 4.3 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income.
Where Harrison Township beats most towns.
7,561 counted in 2010 and 8,520 in 2020; an estimated 8,857 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Harrison Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Harrison Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
21 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
21 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
28 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
8 mi Ancient siteAlligator Effigy MoundOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Alligator Effigy Mound: Rev. Stephen D. Peet, editor, Public domain
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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Harrison Township.
Harrison Township sends most of its workers to Columbus and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has little public open land.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Harrison Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Southwest Licking Local school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkersville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 483 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Harrison Township has 871 jobs for its 4,066 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 495 in 2013 to 871.
Most working residents leave Harrison Township for work: only 3% work in town. 21% of Harrison Township workers work from home, above both Ohio’s towns (9.7%) and U.S. towns (11%). 4% of residents live below the poverty line in Harrison Township.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,018 U.S. towns with household incomes like Harrison Township’s, it is less healthy than 60%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Harrison Township beats the Ohio average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 22% of Harrison Township adults get no exercise outside work, against 28% in Ohio’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. 13% of Harrison Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Harrison Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.2% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Harrison Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $110,765, against $71,389 across Ohio, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 27% of residents (22% statewide). Harrison Township has grown 3.6% since 2020, to 8,857 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 24% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.1, men 41.5.
| Harrison Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Just 50 of its 17,479 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Harrison Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Harrison Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pataskala Lions Park | — | 15 |
| 2. Beechwood Trails Park and Pool | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
4 within 15 miles of the center of Harrison Township
About 3 of every 100 Harrison Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Harrison Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Harrison Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Harrison Township is one of the 25 townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,520.
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6 towns share a border with Harrison Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | #445 | B | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Pataskala | #567 | B− | C | — | B | B |
| Beechwood Trails | #322 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Union Township | #308 | B+ | B− | — | A | B− |
| Etna Township | #594 | B− | C− | — | B+ | B |
| St. Albans Township | #635 | B− | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Liberty Township | #521 | B | B− | — | B | B |
Harrison Township, Pataskala, Beechwood Trails, Union Township, Etna Township, St. Albans Township and Liberty Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Harrison Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Harrison Township grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #445 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
