Household incomes in Harrison Township are lower than in 73% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). Below the poverty line: 11.6% of residents, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Harrison Township grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harrison Township: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Harrison Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (24 to 41 minutes). 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 285 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Harrison Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Harrison Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Harrison Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Harrison Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Harrison Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
How far Harrison Township goes to work
About 32% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Harrison Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrison Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 374 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Harrison Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Harrison Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Harrison Township’s working residents head each day
Where Harrison Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The 171 jobs based in Harrison Township
171 jobs are based in Harrison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison Township, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 171. 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.
The commute in Harrison Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harrison Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 401 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). 14.1% of Harrison Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harrison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Harrison Township ranks 2,366th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,364 | Plainview NE | 1,284 | $55K | 10.9% | 8.3% | 13% | D |
| 2,365 | Woodland ME | 1,206 | $64K | 13.9% | 3.6% | 1% | D |
| 2,366 | Harrison Township PA | 1,003 | $61K | 11.6% | 4.3% | 9% | D |
| 2,367 | Chelsea VT | 1,252 | $66K | 14.3% | 1.0% | 8% | D |
| 2,368 | Meenon WI | 1,251 | $63K | 13.3% | 6.4% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Pennsylvania.
Harrison Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Township | – | D | B | 20 min | $60,859 |
| Brookfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Hector Township | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Bingham Township | 7% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brookfield Township, Hector Township and Bingham Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bingham Township. 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?
$60,859 (±$9,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison Township?
11.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bingham Township (7%, 7 mi), Westfield Township (7%, 8 mi), Coudersport (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harrison Township walkable?
Harrison Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% 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.