Blue Ash vs Harrison

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ash and Harrison: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ash and Harrison are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harrison has the higher population (13,460 vs 13,374 in Blue Ash). Blue Ash has the higher median household income ($116,663 vs $100,913 in Harrison). Blue Ash has the higher median home value ($365,700 vs $221,900 in Harrison).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ash	Harrison
Population	13,374	13,460
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$116,663	$100,913
Median home value	$365,700	$221,900
Median gross rent	$1,511	$1,104
Housing units	6,155	5,428
Homeownership rate	66.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.0%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ash	Harrison
Population	12,252 → 13,374 (+9.2%)	12,006 → 13,460 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$91,563 → $116,663 (+27.4%)	$61,731 → $100,913 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$284,700 → $365,700 (+28.5%)	$143,800 → $221,900 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,511 (+27.3%)	$832 → $1,104 (+32.7%)

Blue Ash

Population

12,25213,374

Median household income

$91,563$116,663

Median home value

$284,700$365,700

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,511

Harrison

Population

12,00613,460

Median household income

$61,731$100,913

Median home value

$143,800$221,900

Median gross rent

$832$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ash	Harrison
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.7%
75 and over	8.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ash	Harrison
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	94.1%
Black or African American	9.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ash	Harrison
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	12.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ash	Harrison
Drove alone	71.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	13.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ash	Harrison
1-unit, detached	65.1%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	16.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ash	Harrison
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1981	1989