Harrison is a somewhat small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 7,902 people and two associated neighborhoods, Harrison is the 79th largest community in Tennessee. Harrison real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Harrison house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Harrison is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Harrison is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Harrison who work in office and administrative support (15.14%), management occupations (9.71%), and sales jobs (8.99%). Also of interest is that Harrison has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.70% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town 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. Being a small town, Harrison does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Harrison is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.56% of adults in Harrison have a college degree. The per capita income in Harrison in 2022 was $39,146, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,584 for a family of four. However, Harrison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Harrison is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Harrison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
