Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Harrison Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 364 jobs in Harrison Township, against 1,728 working residents. Jobs and income earn Harrison Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Harrison Township
Harrison Township is a place people come home to
There are 364 jobs based in Harrison Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harrison Township has about 2,800 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Harrison Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Harrison Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Harrison Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
What’s behind Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harrison Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #901 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Harrison Township’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harrison Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who works in Harrison Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,676 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrison Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,312 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Harrison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 364. 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.
23% of working residents work in Portsmouth
Where Harrison Township clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
How many miles Harrison Township commutes
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Harrison Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #974 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Harrison Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,371 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.7% of Harrison Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harrison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Harrison Township is 3,372nd of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Burdine Township MO | 3,327 | $40K | 22.4% | 1.7% | 25% | C− |
| 3,371 | Greenport NY | 4,337 | — | 18.0% | 6.1% | 10% | C− |
| 3,372 | Harrison Township OH | 4,151 | $52K | 23.4% | 3.2% | 3% | C− |
| 3,373 | Cottonwood CA | 3,107 | $44K | 46.5% | 16.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,374 | Port Hadlock-Irondale WA | 3,884 | $84K | 14.8% | 6.8% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ohio.
Work next door: 23% of Harrison Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | C− | D− | 27 min | $51,967 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 27 min | $58,534 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B− | D | 31 min | $99,032 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | C | D− | 36 min | $57,857 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $35,530 |
| Portsmouth | 23% | D | A− | 21 min | $34,713 |
| Clarktown | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clarktown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portsmouth. 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?
$51,967 (±$12,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
23.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (23%, 6 mi), Wheelersburg (5%, 5 mi), Scioto Township (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.