City safety & data profile

HarrisonNJ

Harrison, NJ is a 15K-resident city in Hudson County with a median household income of $93,013.

Hudson County, New Jersey. 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 29% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $505,800.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 30%
By size
$93,013
Median income (place)
$505,800
Median home (place)
11.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Harrison

Harrison posts a median household income higher than 63% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 37%
by median income, US cities

Where Harrison income ranks nationally

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

$93,013 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 NJ

Population among 151 NJ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Newark is the largest NJ city on this list; Short Hills leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in NJ

Median household income among the same 151-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Short Hills posts the highest place-level median income in NJ; Newark 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, NJ beyond the headline numbers

Harrison sits inside Hudson County, New Jersey, at roughly 40.75°N, -74.16°W. Population 15,474, $93,013 median household income. Median home value $505,800, median rent $2,226. Poverty rate 11.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Harrison, NJ stands at 11.8%, 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 around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

19.8% of Harrison workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 8.1% in Harrison, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

29.4% of Harrison workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Harrison's median age is 33.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

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)
15,474
Harrison · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$93,013
+4% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$505,800
+22% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hudson 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
718K+11%
Median Income
$91,795+57%
Median Home Value
$539,700+55%
Poverty Rate
14.9%-11%
Unemployment
6%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Harrison, NJ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,226/mo
Poverty Rate
11.8% -5% vs avg
Unemployment 5.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 50.7%
Work From Home 19.8%
Public Transit 29.4%

Population

White 31.3%
African American 4.4%
Asian 22.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.6%
Physical Inactivity
26.2%
Obesity
25.2%
High Blood Pressure
23.7%
Binge Drinking
17.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
15%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Current Smoking
10%
Diabetes
8.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.9%
Annual Checkup 72.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
8.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
3.8%
Stroke
2.1%

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.

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Sheet NJ-HARRISON-NJ · 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 New Jersey 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 5

What is the population of Harrison, NJ? ▼
Harrison, NJ has a population of 15,474 people, located in Hudson County, New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Harrison? ▼
The median household income in Harrison, NJ is $93,013 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.8%.
What is the median home value in Harrison? ▼
The median home value in Harrison, NJ is $505,800. Median rent is $2,226/month.
What are the top health concerns in Harrison? ▼
The top health indicators in Harrison include Short Sleep Duration (39.6%), Physical Inactivity (26.2%), Obesity (25.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Harrison? ▼
The median age in Harrison, NJ is 33.8 years. 50.7% 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 New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NJ (11.8% here).

Spring Hill, FL 11.8% Evanston, IL 11.8% Missoula, MT 11.8% Gardena, CA 11.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NJ ($93,013 here).

Roscoe, IL $93,036 West Melbourne, FL $92,986 Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 Forest Lake, MN $92,944

Compare Harrison with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Newark, NJ 282K Kearny, NJ 42K Belleville, NJ 37K North Arlington, NJ 16K East Orange, NJ 65K Bloomfield, NJ 49K Lyndhurst, NJ 20K Nutley, NJ 28K
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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 New Jersey peers on any ranking lens. Explore New Jersey

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 (Hudson 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.