Clare County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 23.9. This is better than average.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2007 was 0.00304. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 20.5 miles away from the city center.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2003 was 0.149. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 20.5 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2003 was 0.576. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 20.5 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 5.94. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 20.5 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Harrison and their reported violations in the past:
VFW POST #1075 (Population served: 400, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
HENRY'S CORNER STORE (Address: 6976 E. Townline Rd , Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
WITHII CAMPGRND (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
OAKRIDGE RESORT CONDO (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
M&M LANDING (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 9 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
MONTES FAMILY REST (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-1997 and DEC-1997, Contaminant: Nitrate. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-03-1997), St Public Notif requested (MAR-21-1997), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-1997)
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
SUNRISE CONV STORE19 (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2000 and SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-25-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-25-2000), St Compliance achieved (OCT-23-2000)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1998 and DEC-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-11-1998), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-11-1998), St Compliance achieved (MAR-31-1998)
SUNRISE CONV.#17 (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1999 and MAR-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-22-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-22-1999), St Compliance achieved (FEB-15-2000)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Harrison that have no violations reported:
- SHOP N GO (Population served: 400, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- NORTHERN STOP AND SHOP (Population served: 150, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- SNOW-BIRD LANE (Population served: 150, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- HIDDEN HILL (Population served: 115, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- HAYES COMM BLDG (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- HARRISON DAIRY QUEEN (Population served: 75, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PARKVIEW CAMPGROUNDS (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- KITTI'S KITCHEN (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- HARRISON EAGLES #3541 (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- VITO'S PIZZA (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 16.6%
(17.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 43.5% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.2 people | | Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 61.4% | | Whole state: | 68.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 5.5% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Harrison, MI
People in group quarters in Harrison:
- 175 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 11 people in other group homes
- 6 people in nursing homes
Harrison compared to Michigan state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Harrison (2011 data):
- Chemical Bank: Harrison Branch at 127 North 2nd Street, branch established on 01/01/1890; Harrison North Branch at 3245 N Clare Ave, branch established on 03/01/1976. Info updated 07/30/2010: Bank assets: $5,391.8 mil, Deposits: $4,467.7 mil, headquarters in Midland, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 147 total offices, Holding Company: Chemical Financial Corporation
- PNC Bank, National Association: Harrison Branch at 231 South First Street, branch established on 01/01/1883. Info updated 09/08/2010: Bank assets: $251,296.9 mil, Deposits: $185,092.1 mil, headquarters in Wilmington, DE, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2629 total offices, Holding Company: Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc., The
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Clare County Michigan:
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Religion statistics for Harrison:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 22.09%
| Here |  | 22.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church | United Church of Christ | Church of the Nazarene |
| Adherents | 31.6% | 9.2% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 5.6% |
| Congregations | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
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| Name | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Assemblies of God | Old Order Amish | Other |
| Adherents | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 22.5% |
| Congregations | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 10.8% | 45.9% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 14 | This county: | 4.56 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6 | Clare County: | 1.96 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 1.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 17 | This county: | 5.54 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 26 | Clare County: | 8.47 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 6.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Clare County: | 15.2% | | State: | 13.4% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,118 | $37,416 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $4,092 | $49,104 | 7 | $510 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 24 | $4,044 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,985 | $35,820 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $6,050 | $36,300 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $2,985 | $35,820 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $5,669 | $34,014 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
3 | $6,763 | $27,052 | 2 | $1,377 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $3,875 | $46,500 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
12 | $35,537 | $35,537 | 33 | $5,931 |
Harrison government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $534,000 ($270.38)
- Charges - Sewerage: $341,000 ($172.66)
All Other: $256,000 ($129.62)
Solid Waste Management: $102,000 ($51.65)
Parks & Recreation: $1,000 ($0.51)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $307,000 ($155.44)
Regular Highways: $184,000 ($93.16)
Libraries: $165,000 ($83.54)
General - Other: $143,000 ($72.41)
Fire Protection: $139,000 ($70.38)
Water Utilities: $132,000 ($66.84)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $106,000 ($53.67)
Solid Waste Management: $95,000 ($48.10)
Central Staff Services: $69,000 ($34.94)
Parks & Recreation: $30,000 ($15.19)
Health Services - Other: $25,000 ($12.66)
General Public Buildings: $23,000 ($11.65)
Financial Administration: $15,000 ($7.59)
- General - Interest on Debt: $81,000 ($41.01)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $120,000 ($60.76)
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $45,000 ($22.78)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $400,000 ($202.53)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,307,000 ($661.77)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,292,000 ($654.18)
Water Utilities: $390,000 ($197.47)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $15,000 ($7.59)
Water Utilities: $10,000 ($5.06)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $184,000 ($93.16)
Interest Earnings: $85,000 ($43.04)
Rents: $6,000 ($3.04)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,713,000 ($867.34)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $232,000 ($117.47)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $239,000 ($121.01)
Highways: $157,000 ($79.49)
- Tax - Property: $549,000 ($277.97)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $392,000 ($198.48)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $25,000 ($12.66)
6.97% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,625 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.97% | | Michigan average: | 5.24% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,288 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.85% | | Michigan average: | 5.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Harrison:
- WKKM (1540 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HARRISON, MI; Owner: LAURIE L. FOSTER)
- WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
- WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
- WKJF (1370 AM; 5 kW; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: WKJF RADIO, INC.)
- WGDN (1350 AM; 1 kW; GLADWIN, MI; Owner: APPLE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WWJ (950 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WCCW (1310 AM; 15 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WCCW RADIO, INC.)
- WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WXYT (1270 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF DETROIT)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WBRN (1460 AM; 5 kW; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: RH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Harrison:
- WVXH (92.1 FM; HARRISON, MI; Owner: XAVIER UNIVERSITY)
- WUPS (98.5 FM; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: COLTRACE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WEJC (88.3 FM; WHITE STAR, MI; Owner: SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WGDN-FM (103.1 FM; GLADWIN, MI; Owner: APPLE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WCEN-FM (94.5 FM; HEMLOCK, MI; Owner: NM LICENSING LLC)
- WMRX-FM (97.7 FM; BEAVERTON, MI; Owner: STEEL BROADCASTING, INC)
- WUGN (99.7 FM; MIDLAND, MI; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC)
- WLXV (96.7 FM; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: MACDONALD GARBER BROADCASTING, INC)
- WCFX (95.3 FM; CLARE, MI; Owner: GOLDSEN BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WPRJ (101.7 FM; COLEMAN, MI; Owner: COME TOGETHER MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WCKC (107.1 FM; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
TV broadcast stations around Harrison:
- WWTV (Channel 9; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: HERITAGE B/CING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN)
- W61CS (Channel 61; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W50CD (Channel 50; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W36CE (Channel 36; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WCMU-TV (Channel 14; MOUNT PLEASANT, MI; Owner: CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- W52CO (Channel 52; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WFQX-TV (Channel 33; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: ROCKFLEET BROADCASTING II, LLC)
- W63CH (Channel 63; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W18CB (Channel 18; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W57CQ (Channel 57; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W31BN (Channel 31; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W65DJ (Channel 65; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WBWM-LP (Channel 32; MOUNT PLEASANT, MI; Owner: P & P CABLE HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
- W61DK (Channel 61; MOUNT PLEASANT, MI; Owner: NTN/SAGINAW, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Harrison, Michigan:
- Fatal accident count: 1
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 1
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Michigan average:
- Fatal accident count: 138
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 213
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 51
- Fatalities: 148
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 366
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 23
See more detailed statistics of Harrison fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Harrison
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Harrison, MI
| Businesses in Harrison, MI |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Burger King | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| MasterBrand Cabinets | 1 | | UPS | 1 |
| McDonald's | 1 | | | |
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