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Total population: 26,665 (Urban population: 24,961, Rural population: 1,704 (8 farm, 1,696 nonfarm))

Harrison, New York Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 8,657 (8,372 occupied: 5,436 owner occupied, 2,936 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	35%
State:	47%

Housing density: 514 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $386,378.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,439 (lower quartile is $1,090, upper quartile is $1,882)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,618

Median gross rent in Harrison, NY in 2007: $1,599

Housing units in Harrison with a mortgage: 2,386 (189 second mortgage, 261 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,556

Harrison,NY index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $947,409 (it was $465,000 in 2000)

Harrison:	$947,409
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $646,562 - Over $1,680,133

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $1,243,428
Here: $1,243,428
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $990,721
Here: $990,721
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $844,499
Here: $844,499
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $480,492
Here: $480,492
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $314,607
Here: $314,607
State: $503,284

Household type by relationship

Households: 22,855

In family households: 20,403 (4,853 male householders, 1,449 female householders)
5,580 spouses, 7,418 children (7,145 natural, 134 adopted, 139 stepchildren), 303 grandchildren, 89 brothers or sisters, 125 parents, 328 other relatives, 258 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,452 (810 male householders (655 living alone)), 1,277 female householders (1,165 living alone)), 365 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,288 (22 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,348 2-persons, 1,442 3-persons, 1,467 4-persons, 699 5-persons, 262 6-persons, 84 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,820 1-person, 223 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 22 5-persons.

5,003 married couples with children.
607 single-parent households (126 men, 481 women).

73.3% of residents of Harrison speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
14.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,520 (18.7%)
(44.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.5
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	3.6

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Harrison, New York:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 10 3 rooms: 293 4 rooms: 375 5 rooms: 619 6 rooms: 685 7 rooms: 745 8 rooms: 865 9 or more rooms: 1,838

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harrison, New York:
	1 room: 46 2 rooms: 131 3 rooms: 604 4 rooms: 914 5 rooms: 578 6 rooms: 459 7 rooms: 80 8 rooms: 17 9 or more rooms: 107

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 137
1995 to 1998: 258
1990 to 1994: 244
1980 to 1989: 742
1970 to 1979: 700
1960 to 1969: 1,435
1950 to 1959: 1,825
1940 to 1949: 798
1939 or earlier: 2,518

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Harrison:
	no bedroom: 15 1 bedroom: 373 2 bedrooms: 815 3 bedrooms: 1,729 4 bedrooms: 1,404 5 or more bedrooms: 1,100

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harrison:
	no bedroom: 54 1 bedroom: 817 2 bedrooms: 1,187 3 bedrooms: 749 4 bedrooms: 74 5 or more bedrooms: 55

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Harrison in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 186 1 vehicle: 1,381 2 vehicles: 2,374 3 vehicles: 1,034 4 vehicles: 370 5 or more vehicles: 91

Cars and other vehicles available in Harrison in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 352 1 vehicle: 1,479 2 vehicles: 908 3 vehicles: 122 4 vehicles: 46 5 or more vehicles: 29

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Harrison, NY:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 5
$35,000 to $39,999: 5
$40,000 to $49,999: 1
$50,000 to $59,999: 11
$60,000 to $69,999: 1
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 46
$125,000 to $149,999: 77
$150,000 to $174,999: 83
$175,000 to $199,999: 28
$200,000 to $249,999: 69
$250,000 to $299,999: 97
$300,000 to $399,999: 91
$400,000 to $499,999: 157
$500,000 to $749,999: 1238
$750,000 to $999,999: 1365
$1,000,000 or more: 2726

Harrison rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Harrison:

Less than $100: 23 people
$100 to $149: 8
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 19
$250 to $299: 8
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 0
$450 to $499: 8
$500 to $549: 15
$550 to $599: 13
$600 to $649: 34
$650 to $699: 44
$700 to $749: 46
$750 to $799: 18
$800 to $899: 142
$900 to $999: 195
$1,000 to $1,249: 529
$1,250 to $1,499: 569
$1,500 to $1,999: 828
$2,000 or more: 570
No cash rent: 137

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,369 1990 to 1994: 506 1985 to 1989: 368 1980 to 1984: 275 1975 to 1979: 275 1970 to 1974: 407 1970 to 1974: 297 1965 to 1969: 1,023

Harrison, NY Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 64.8%
Number of people working at home: 439 (4.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 371
5 to 9 minutes: 1096
10 to 14 minutes: 1719
15 to 19 minutes: 1373
20 to 24 minutes: 1312
25 to 29 minutes: 566
30 to 34 minutes: 788
35 to 39 minutes: 177
40 to 44 minutes: 320
45 to 59 minutes: 1139
60 to 89 minutes: 1274
90 or more minutes: 277

Harrison mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,030 (65%)
Carpooled: 617 (6%)
Bus or trolley bus: 190 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 39 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 83 (1%)
Railroad: 1,808 (17%)
Ferryboat: 14 (0%)
Taxi: 20 (0%)
Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
Walked: 556 (5%)
Other means: 34 (0%)
Worked at home: 439 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 384
$10,000 to $14,999: 295
$15,000 to $19,999: 220
$20,000 to $24,999: 313
$25,000 to $29,999: 323
$30,000 to $34,999: 214
$35,000 to $39,999: 235
$40,000 to $44,999: 412
$45,000 to $49,999: 269
$50,000 to $59,999: 601
$60,000 to $74,999: 702
$75,000 to $99,999: 1049
$100,000 to $124,999: 789
$125,000 to $149,999: 488
$150,000 to $199,999: 590
$200,000 or more: 1505

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 8345

Other groups: 3111

Irish: 2465

German: 1086

United States or American: 835

Russian: 780

English: 605

Polish: 417

Greek: 350

French (except Basque): 248

Hungarian: 178

European: 149

Eastern European: 143

Scottish: 132

Arab:: 128

Portuguese: 126

British: 104

Scotch-Irish: 100

Swiss: 95

Norwegian: 83

Romanian: 83

Ukrainian: 78

Austrian: 78

Armenian: 77

Albanian: 77

Swedish: 71

Subsaharan African:: 69

Canadian: 66

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 66

Brazilian: 62

Iraqi: 60

Israeli: 52

Czech: 48

Haitian: 46

Danish: 45

Bulgarian: 39

Dutch: 37

Belgian: 36

Czechoslovakian: 29

Lebanese: 29

Welsh: 26

South African: 20

Latvian: 20

Northern European: 20

Egyptian: 19

Jamaican: 17

African: 16

Scandinavian: 14

French Canadian: 13

Arab/Arabic: 13

Lithuanian: 11

Basque: 10

Macedonian: 10

Croatian: 10

Cape Verdean: 9

Nigerian: 9

Yugoslavian: 9

Guyanese: 8

Zimbabwean: 8

Slovak: 7

Luxemburger: 7

Ugandan: 7

Moroccan: 7

Australian: 6

Maltese: 6

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Italy (25%)
Japan (16%)
Colombia (4%)
Korea (4%)
Mexico (3%)
Brazil (3%)
Peru (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 15873
Northeast: 1882
Midwest: 534
South: 649
West: 293

64% of Harrison residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 61
Nursery to 4th grade: 36
5th and 6th grade: 208
7th and 8th grade: 106
9th grade: 85
10th grade: 82
11th grade: 66
12th grade, no diploma: 297
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,527
Less than 1 year of college: 382
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 756
Associate degree: 327
Bachelor's degree: 1,776
Master's degree: 916
Professional school degree: 752
Doctorate degree: 106

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 72
Nursery to 4th grade: 55
5th and 6th grade: 209
7th and 8th grade: 216
9th grade: 67
10th grade: 172
11th grade: 107
12th grade, no diploma: 223
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,909
Less than 1 year of college: 513
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 773
Associate degree: 434
Bachelor's degree: 2,119
Master's degree: 1,163
Professional school degree: 344
Doctorate degree: 33

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 13.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.7%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 17.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 5.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 13.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $103,089
Black householders: $81,243
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $48,236
Asian householders: $162,215
Some other race householders: $100,254
Two or more races householders: $96,706
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $53,885

Harrison household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Harrison household income for Black householders

Harrison household income for Asian householders

Harrison household income for Some other race householders

Harrison household income for Two or more races householders

Harrison household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Harrison marital status for males

Harrison marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,180,084
Black or African American householders: $2,037,440
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $229,211
Asian householders: $1,479,180
Some other race householders: $2,037,440
Two or more races householders: $787,266
Hispanic or Latino householders: $863,262

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,498
One, attached: 361
Two: 2,064
3 or 4: 825
5 to 9: 205
10 to 19: 165
20 to 49: 196
50 or more: 343

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Harrison:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (61%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (60%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 533

Here:	18.6%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 259

Here:	22.9%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 836

Here:	45.5%
New York:	38.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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