Harrison
- BOverall Grade
- Suburb in New Jersey
- 15 reviews
- Public SchoolsC+
- Crime & SafetyB-
- HousingD+
- NightlifeA+
- Good for FamiliesB
- DiversityA+
- JobsC
- WeatherB-
- Cost of LivingC-
- Health & FitnessB+
- Outdoor ActivitiesA
- CommuteA-
Real Estate
Median Home Value
$309,000
National
$184,700Median Rent
$1,337
National
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Harrison Rankings
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Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
B-
Based on violent and property crime rates.
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Working in Harrison
Jobs
C
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$61,168
National
$55,322Top Public Schools Serving Harrison
- B-
Hamilton Intermediate School
- Harrison Public Schools, NJ
- 4-5
- B-
Lincoln Elementary School
- Harrison Public Schools, NJ
- PK, K-3
- 2 reviews
- C+
Harrison High School
- Harrison Public Schools, NJ
- 9-12
- 108 reviews
- C+
Washington Middle School
- Harrison Public Schools, NJ
- 6-8
- C-
East Newark Public School
- Public School
- E Newark, NJ
- PK, K-8
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Harrison Reviews
15 reviews
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Small, idyllic. Good connections to Newark. Full of cheap apartments and affordable student living accommodations. Indian supermarket available. Laundromats at every corner. Great park nearby. There are new buildings coming up. It has nice schools with lots of open areas for students. There is a veteran centre and a public library. Walking distance to PATH, easy access to New York. Dollar stores available. Pretty churches. Big Walmart within walking distance. Tattoo parlours also present. Lots of salons. Chinese, Mexican, Peruvian restaurants easily available. NJIT and Rutgers within walking distance. Also covered by their shuttle service. Great place to live.
It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye, arid vast piles of building full of windows where there was a rattling and a trembling all day long, and where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness.
I have lived in Harrison for my entire educational career. The majority of the town is Hispanic or Latino. The diversity has increased, but I do not believe that this is favorable since it would be difficult to attend a primarily white institution or a historically black university due to unfamiliarity. Because of this group of ethnicity, the education is not the best. I can't say much about elementary education, but the education starting from middle school could be better; the students are not being challenged well, resulting in awful work ethics going into college. This makes it very hard for anyone graduating from Harrison High School to even have a chance at being accepted into an Ivy League institution. Not only school the school system be improved, but the safety around the community should be tightened up more. In the recent years, there have been more violent action within the town such as robbings and murder.