Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 21,998.
Harrison Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $94K, 1.3 years of the Dayton metro’s $72K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 876th of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 90% of the country, and the median household income is $45K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 93% of U.S. towns. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Harrison Township, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Miami Valley Golf Course and Clubhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Harrison Township beats most towns.
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 7 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1904 on.
1 place 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.
7 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year7 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
4 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a year
5 mi National Historical ParkDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park80K visitors a year
9 mi MuseumHuffman PrairieNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, 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 is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Dayton and other neighbors, but it has poverty well above the Ohio rate.
Against the 4,047 U.S. towns with household incomes like Harrison Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
18% of Harrison Township adults have diabetes. Harrison Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 42% of Harrison Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Harrison Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.5% | 16.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 13.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Two of its 15 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northridge Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 796 | D |
| Northridge High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 493 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Harrison Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Harrison Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Harrison Township has about as many jobs (8,385) as working residents, but only 474 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Harrison Township for work: only 6% work in town. Harrison Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Dayton (26%), Vandalia (4%) and Kettering (4%).
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $45,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.6 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The trail density in Harrison Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grafton Kennedy Park | 0.2 mi | 15 |
| 2. John H. Morrison Park | 0.1 mi | 13 |
| 3. Shiloh Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
8 within 15 miles of the center of Harrison Township
About 5 of every 100 Harrison Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Harrison Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,814.
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9 towns share a border with Harrison Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | #876 | C− | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Dayton | #974 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Shiloh | #948 | D | B | — | C− | D |
| Fort McKinley | #928 | C− | B | — | C− | D− |
| Riverside | #802 | C | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Vandalia | #311 | B+ | B | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Trotwood | #971 | D | B | D | C− | D |
| Huber Heights | #707 | C+ | B− | C+ | C+ | B− |
Harrison Township, Shiloh, Fort McKinley and Riverside report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Harrison Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Harrison Township grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #876 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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 B+.
