Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHarrison Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
9 jobs are based in Harrison Township, against 463 working residents. For jobs and income Harrison Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
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 9 jobs based in Harrison Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harrison Township has about 590 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Harrison Township workers cross into Indiana
21% of Harrison Township workers work outside Ohio, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Fort Wayne (11%), Decatur (10%) and Berne (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 ↓
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; with 463 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Harrison Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Harrison Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Harrison Township stays B+.
Who works in Harrison Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 463 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
21% of working residents work in Van Wert
Where Harrison Township clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Harrison Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 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 543 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.
67% of the jobs in Harrison Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 9. 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.
Half of Harrison Township commutes less than 21 miles
About 21% 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.
In Harrison Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. 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 568 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). 2.6% 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.
Harrison Township places 426th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 424 | Pleasant Hill OH | 1,270 | $72K | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 425 | Lovett Township IN | 1,047 | $94K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 426 | Harrison Township OH | 1,047 | $89K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | B+ |
| 427 | Russiaville IN | 1,312 | $84K | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 428 | Orlinda TN | 1,028 | $84K | 6.4% | 3.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
How Harrison Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | B+ | D− | 25 min | $88,825 |
| Willshire Township | under 2% | C | C− | 30 min | $56,071 |
| Tully Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 19 min | $74,196 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C | A− | 17 min | $61,292 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$88,825 (±$1,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
25 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?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Van Wert (21%, 7 mi), Fort Wayne (11%, 27 mi), Decatur (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 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 3% 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.