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A town of 10,681. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Harrison Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $238K, 2.9 years of the Columbus metro’s $82K median household income. It grades B− overall, 551st among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its National Register listings include Renick Farm. 13% of residents are 65 or older in Harrison Township, against 20% in Ohio’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Genevieve Jones Preserve, at 309 acres with 5.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Harrison Township beats most towns.
Renick Farm| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| South Bloomfield Elementary | PK–5 | 595 |
| Ashville Elementary School | PK–5 | 476 |
| Teays Valley East Middle School | 6–8 | 452 |
Where Harrison Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
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 3 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 5 maps from 1914 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 draw18 mi Stadium & arenaOhio Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaScottsMiracle-Gro Field
19 mi Stadium & arenaHistoric Crew Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaValue City Arena
30 mi Zoo & aquariumColumbus Zoo and Aquarium
32 mi State parkHocking Hills State ParkOhio Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · ScottsMiracle-Gro Field: Nova Crystallis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Crew Stadium: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Value City Arena: Nick81aku at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Adolphus79 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hocking Hills State Park: Ramseybuckeye, 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 has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Genevieve Jones Preserve | 5.4 mi | 309 |
| 2. Ashville Community Park | 0.4 mi | 10 |
| 3. Mackey Ford State Wildlife Area | 0.3 mi | 201 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Teays Valley Local school district. Three of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Teays Valley High School, with 1,263 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bloomfield ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 595 | A |
| Teays Valley High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,263 | B |
| Ashville Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 476 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
28% of Harrison Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Harrison Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 19% of Harrison Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Harrison Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 60.4% | 65.2% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 59% | 62.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here grew from 1,193 in 2013 to 1,952.
Most working residents leave Harrison Township for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Harrison Township grew to 1,952 in 2023, 759 more than in 2013. Harrison Township’s median household income is $64,000.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 14% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Harrison Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $306 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Harrison Township is 63 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 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.
Township in Ohio, US
Harrison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 8,274 people in the township.
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8 towns share a border with Harrison Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | #551 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Walnut Township | #919 | C− | C | — | B+ | C |
| Scioto Township | #556 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | C |
| South Bloomfield | #486 | B | B+ | B+ | B+ | D |
| Jackson Township | — | — | C− | — | B− | C− |
| Commercial Point | #330 | B+ | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Madison Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | C |
| Hamilton Township | #761 | C+ | B | — | B− | C− |
Jackson Township and Madison Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Harrison Township, Walnut Township, Scioto Township, Jackson Township, Commercial Point, Madison Township and Hamilton Township 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 B− overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #551 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
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+.
