Best PlacesHarrison Township, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harrison Township, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Harrison Township ranks 19,508th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Harrison Township
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Harrison Township's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harrison Township ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Harrison Township ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harrison Township
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harrison Township home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,252, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Harrison Township's effective rate of 1.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harrison Township
Harrison Township runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harrison Township.
Who works in Harrison Township, and how
Work in Harrison Township centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Harrison Township
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harrison Township.
What the weather is like in Harrison Township, month by month
Harrison Township sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Harrison Township
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 36 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Harrison Township
Schools across Harrison Township average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South River Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Atwood Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Green Elementary SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Middle School NorthC+ · 39% proficient
- Middle School CentralC · 33% proficient
- Kennedy Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- High School NorthC+ · 36% proficient
- Lake Shore High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harrison Township school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harrison Township measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Harrison Township against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Harrison Township suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Harrison Township
Is Harrison Township a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harrison Township ranks 19,508th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harrison Township expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,058. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $93,252 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Harrison Township safe?
Harrison Township is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Harrison Township?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 20. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 25% of towns.
Is Harrison Township good for families?
Schools beat 33% of towns, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $860 a month.
Compare Harrison Township with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harrison Township. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harrison Township represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Harrison Township detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harrison Township: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harrison Township: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harrison Township: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harrison Township: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harrison Township detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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