Grand Tower vs Harrison

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Tower and Harrison: population, income, housing, and more.

Grand Tower and Harrison are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harrison has the higher population (948 vs 551 in Grand Tower). Harrison has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $59,375 in Grand Tower). Harrison has the higher median home value ($128,600 vs $24,500 in Grand Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Tower	Harrison
Population	551	948
Median age	24.1 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$75,417
Median home value	$24,500	$128,600
Median gross rent	$700	$695
Housing units	245	444
Homeownership rate	64.2%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Tower	Harrison
Population	565 → 551 (-2.5%)	805 → 948 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)	$32,396 → $75,417 (+132.8%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)	$69,200 → $128,600 (+85.8%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)	$655 → $695 (+6.1%)

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Harrison

Population

805948

Median household income

$32,396$75,417

Median home value

$69,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$655$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Tower	Harrison
Under 5	12.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	23.2%	13.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	3.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	27.8%
75 and over	2.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Tower	Harrison
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	56.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	17.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Tower	Harrison
No high school diploma	13.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Tower	Harrison
Drove alone	84.2%	93.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Tower	Harrison
1-unit, detached	73.5%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Tower	Harrison
Poverty rate	22.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	40	34
Median year structure built	1960	1968