Another notable thing is that Harrison is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the city experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller city.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Harrison has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Harrison a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Harrison is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Harrison, just 8.57% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Harrison in 2022 was $19,782, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,128 for a family of four. Harrison also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.37% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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, Irish, English, French, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in Harrison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
