City safety & data profile

HarrisonAR

Harrison, AR is a 13K-resident city in Boone County with a median household income of $44,056.

Boone County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Harrison, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Harrison has a population larger than 19% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $169,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 20%
By size
$44,056
Median income (place)
$169,600
Median home (place)
14.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Harrison

Harrison posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Harrison area.

Bottom 5%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Harrison

Where Harrison income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$44,056 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Harrison $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AR

Population among 39 AR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Little Rock is the largest AR city on this list; Centerton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AR

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Centerton posts the highest place-level median income in AR; Little Rock is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Harrison, AR beyond the headline numbers

Harrison sits inside Boone County, Arkansas, at roughly 36.23°N, -93.11°W. Population 13,138, $44,056 median household income. Median home value $169,600, median rent $753. Poverty rate 14.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Harrison, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Harrison, AR stands at 14.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Harrison costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6.3% of Harrison workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8.6% in Harrison, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Harrison from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,138
Harrison · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$44,056
-51% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$169,600
-59% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Boone County): Harrison's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
38K+3%
Median Income
$55,143+43%
Median Home Value
$188,900+78%
Poverty Rate
11.7%-30%
Unemployment
2.5%-73%

Economics

Economics indicators for Harrison, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$753/mo
Poverty Rate
14.9% +20% vs avg
Unemployment 3.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.4%
Work From Home 6.3%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 93.2%
African American 0.3%
Asian 0.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
40.7%
High Blood Pressure
40.4%
Short Sleep Duration
38.5%
Physical Inactivity
32.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.1%
Current Smoking
16.8%
Binge Drinking
14.3%
Diabetes
13.2%
Current Asthma
10.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.1%
Annual Checkup 79%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.6%
Stroke
4.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
NORTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
HARRISON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Harrison?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Harrison right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AR-HARRISON-AR · Harrison

Harrison: 14 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 14 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Phoenix

Tagged alert mix: Harrison

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 14 tagged notices on record for Harrison.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Phoenix, AZ (15 tagged · Δ1)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Harrison; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arkansas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (14 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Harrison, AR? ▼
Harrison, AR has a population of 13,138 people, located in Boone County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Harrison? ▼
The median household income in Harrison, AR is $44,056 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.9%.
What is the median home value in Harrison? ▼
The median home value in Harrison, AR is $169,600. Median rent is $753/month.
What are the top health concerns in Harrison? ▼
The top health indicators in Harrison include Obesity (40.7%), High Blood Pressure (40.4%), Short Sleep Duration (38.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Harrison? ▼
Harrison has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Harrison? ▼
The median age in Harrison, AR is 40.9 years. 15.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Harrison, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (14.9% here).

Hemet, CA 14.9% Springfield, OR 14.9% Poinciana, FL 14.9% Pittsfield, MA 14.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($44,056 here).

Cleveland, MS $44,074 Reading, PA $44,091 Murray, KY $44,091 West Plains, MO $44,002

Compare Harrison with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Branson, MO 11K Mountain Home, AR 12K Ozark, MO 19K Nixa, MO 21K Russellville, AR 29K Republic, MO 16K Springfield, MO 170K Rogers, AR 63K
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Using Harrison's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Harrison area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Harrison against Arkansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arkansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Boone County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.