Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Harrison Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $154K for a typical one, or 2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 407th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. Harrison Township’s concentration of trails is 2.7 miles per square mile, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Harrison Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 106 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better.
Where Harrison Township beats most towns.
12.5% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Harrison Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 14,448 in 1970, 10,169 in 2020. The archive holds 16 old photos and papers going back to 1821 and 5 maps from 1907 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Harrison Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
19 mi Theme parkKennywood
21 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
20 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
20 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
20 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Harrison Township.
Harrison Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sees little violent crime, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Trails total 21 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Harrison Hills Park, at 554 acres with 14.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harrison Hills Park | 14.7 mi | 554 |
| 2. Alsco Community Park | 0.2 mi | 27 |
| 3. Natrona Recreational Park | 0.2 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools: Highlands SD. The largest public high school is Highlands SHS, with 665 students. Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 575 | C |
| Highlands SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 665 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Harrison Township sits closer to the middle. In Harrison Township, the level of violent crime is 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Harrison Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
In Harrison Township, the July high is 84°F, close to Pennsylvania’s towns (85°F) and below U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Commuting out is the norm in Harrison Township: just over a tenth of working residents work locally. Employers in Harrison Township shed 271 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 3,471. The median commute is under 15 miles. Its average commute is 24 minutes.
| Harrison Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $66,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Children under 18 are 16% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). The age of the median resident for Harrison Township comes to 49.9 years. The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Harrison Township at 9,688 residents, down 4.8% since 2020. For residents here, the share who are 65 or older is 24%.
| Harrison Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Harrison Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $523 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Harrison Township, 90% come from inland flooding and 5% from cold waves. In Harrison Township, the FEMA risk score is 60 of 100. Flood insurance has paid out on 28 claims in the town since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 10,128 U.S. towns with household incomes like Harrison Township’s, it is healthier than 65%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Harrison Township, 15% report frequent physical distress. The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Harrison Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Harrison Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.3% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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 Pennsylvania.
2 places in Harrison Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Harrison Township is a township in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 10,169 at the 2020 census. Pennsylvania Route 28 passes through Harrison Township, connecting Kittanning to the northeast and Pittsburgh to the southwest. Allegheny Technologies has extensive steel mill facilities in Harrison Township, including its Allegheny Ludlum Brackenridge Works. Harrison Township is located at the far northeast corner of Allegheny County. Its northern border is the Butler County line and the Allegheny River forms the township's eastern boundary with Westmoreland County. Its northeast corner also touches Armstrong County.
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8 towns share a border with Harrison Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | #407 | B+ | A− | A− | C | B− |
| Allegheny Township | #219 | A | B+ | A | A− | B− |
| Brackenridge | #496 | B+ | A | — | C | B− |
| Natrona | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tarentum | #778 | C+ | A | B | C | C− |
| Natrona Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Burrell | #57 | A+ | A− | A | B+ | B+ |
| Fawn Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | C+ |
Fawn Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Brackenridge and Fawn Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Natrona and Natrona Heights aren’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.
By most measures, yes. Harrison Township grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #407 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and C for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Harrison Township sits nearer the middle.
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−.
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