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A town of 4,151.
Harrison Township grades D overall, ranked 940th of 987 in Ohio, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 97% of the country. The median household income is $52K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: homes are within reach, about $112K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the Portsmouth area’s $51K median household income. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Harrison Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 149 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Harrison Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 91% of U.S. towns.
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 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 4 maps from 1911 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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 Portsmouth and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
37% of Harrison Township adults get no exercise outside work. Harrison Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 23. 22% of Harrison Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Harrison Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.4% | 16.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Minford Local school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minford Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 443 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Harrison Township has 364 jobs for its 1,728 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Harrison Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Harrison Township grew to 364 in 2023, 94 more than in 2013. Harrison Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $52,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Ohio towns; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Harrison Township is 71 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Harrison Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 7 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.4 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Harrison Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 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 sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 4,275 people in the township.
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6 towns share a border with Harrison Township.
Bloom Township next door grades higher for schools (A− to Harrison Township’s B−) and lower for cost of living (B− to A−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | #940 | D | A− | — | B− | D− |
| Porter Township | #890 | C− | C | — | A− | D |
| Madison Township | #960 | D | C+ | — | B− | D |
| Bloom Township | #865 | C− | B− | — | A− | D |
| Clay Township | #984 | D | B− | — | B− | D− |
| Portsmouth | #985 | D− | B | D | C | D− |
| Clarktown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Harrison Township, Porter Township, Madison Township, Bloom Township and Clay Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Clarktown isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Harrison Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Harrison Township grades D overall, better than 13% of U.S. towns and #940 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D− for health and B− for schools. Walkability 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 A−.