HarrisonWI
A town of 14,492.
Is Harrison a good place to live?
Harrison's standout: the median household earns $122K. Overall it grades A, ranked 73rd of 357 in Wisconsin. It is healthier than 89% of U.S. towns and its schools outperform 76% of the state's. Only 38 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on history. Harrison’s median household income is $122,000, above both Wisconsin’s towns ($87,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 78 of Wisconsin’s 869 towns score lower on civic life.
What makes Harrison stand out
Where Harrison beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Harrison | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 12.1% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Woodland School | K–4 | 478 |
| Sunrise Elementary | K–4 | 456 |
| Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School | PK–8 | 117 |
98% of working residents leave Harrison for work
Where Harrison’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Harrison grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Harrison is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Harrison: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Harrison, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Harrison.
Harrison has less food insecurity than most of Wisconsin, sends most of its workers to Appleton and beyond and has colder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Harrison’s grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Wisconsin is food insecurity: 7.6% of its 8,925 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.1% statewide.
The share of adults in Harrison who worry about having enough food: 7.6%. In Harrison, 27% of adults have high blood pressure, and 11% report frequent physical distress.
| Harrison | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| What stands out | Harrison | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 12.1% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Harrison’s grade for schools is an A−
Its public schools are run by the Kimberly Area School District. Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. 3 public schools serve Harrison, with 1,250 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 478 | A+ |
| Woodland IntermediateTop results in townGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 316 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
5.4% of Harrison is conserved land
High Cliff State Park, at 879 acres with 13.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Across 4 parks and preserves: 17 miles of trail. Harrison’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Harrison | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. High Cliff State Park | 13.8 mi | 879 |
| 2. Farmer's Field Park | — | 20 |
| 3. Harrison Town Park | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in Harrison is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
FEMA puts 43% of Harrison’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to cold waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Harrison sits below 85% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Harrison after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2010.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical home in Harrison: about $456K
A home in Harrison typically sold within 63 days of listing. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 3.6% in value. For Harrison, the typical rent is $1,422 a month.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most of Harrison’s workers leave town for work
Harrison has 1,597 jobs for its 6,547 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 1,073 in 2013 to 1,597.
Jobs in Harrison grew by 524 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,597. The mean commuting time in the town is 20 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 8 miles. Among workers here, 18% work from home.
| Harrison | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Harrison brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
January nights average 10.4°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 77% of Wisconsin places with climate records; July afternoons average 81.3°.
Harrison’s January low is 10°F. About 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Harrison | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 10°F | 11°F | 22°F |
| July high | 81°F | 82°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lambeau Field and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Harrison. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
13 mi LakeLake Winnebago
24 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
24 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
32 mi MuseumUSS Cobia
28 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement ParkPhoto credits
Lambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Winnebago: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · USS Cobia: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Bay Beach Amusement Park: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Harrison
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Harrison
About 5 of every 100 Harrison residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
Harrison’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Harrison.
Appleton next door grades lower for schools (C to Harrison’s A−) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C).
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison · Harrison | #73 | A | C | — | A− | A |
| Menasha | #266 | B− | B | B | C+ | C+ |
| Sherwood | #61 | A | B− | — | A− | A |
| Appleton | #168 | B+ | B+ | C+ | C | B+ |
| Kaukauna | #30 | A | B+ | B+ | A− | B |
| Woodville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buchanan | #107 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Stockbridge | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
Stockbridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Harrison, Sherwood, Buchanan and Stockbridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Woodville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Harrison and Harrison are one community, graded once. Compare Harrison with a neighbor →
Questions about Harrison
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Harrison, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Harrison grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #73 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades A for health and A− for schools.
Is Harrison, WI expensive?
That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($85,825 across the Appleton, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.