Harrison is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 24,143 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Harrison is the 68th largest community in New York.

Harrison is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 88.63% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Harrison is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Harrison who work in management occupations (16.28%), sales jobs (14.35%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.19%).

Also of interest is that Harrison has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Harrison is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Harrison Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Harrison, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Harrison is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 45.36% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Harrison in 2000 was $49,652, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $198,608 for a family of four. However, Harrison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Harrison home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Harrison is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Harrison include Italian, Irish, German, Russian, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Harrison's cultural character, accounting for 18.72% of the village's population.

The languages spoken by people in Harrison are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Harrison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Spanish, and Japanese.