Harrison has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Harrison has 28 jobs; 344 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Harrison for work; outside it, Tomahawk is the main destination (19%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Harrison and work: the main findings
Harrison is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Harrison, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harrison has about 500 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Harrison and Tomahawk trade workers both ways
Tomahawk is the top workplace for Harrison residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Harrison come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 344 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Harrison
On a workday 341 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Harrison on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Harrison ends
Where Harrison clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Harrison
About 35% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Harrison makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harrison, 2014 → 2024: 26 → 28. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Harrison takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harrison workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Harrison and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harrison workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison | – | — | — | 25 min | $85,329 |
| Enterprise | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Crescent | under 2% | B | C+ | 32 min | $84,199 |
| King | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Russell | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Skanawan | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Parrish | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Enterprise, King, Skanawan and Parrish: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Russell: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harrison’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 2024, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Harrison?
$85,329 (±$11,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harrison?
3.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harrison?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harrison work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tomahawk (19%, 10 mi), Rhinelander (15%, 12 mi), Wausau (8%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Harrison without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harrison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harrison
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.