Harrison is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,162 people and six associated neighborhoods, Harrison is the 335th largest community in Michigan.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Harrison has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Harrison has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Harrison than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Harrison may be for you.
Being a small city, Harrison does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Harrison with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.07% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Harrison in 2022 was $21,666, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,664 for a family of four. However, Harrison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Harrison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harrison residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harrison include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Harrison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.