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Harrisburg, AR

2,574 Population
2.4 square miles 1,060.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$23,531 ±$3,231 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $31,184 ±$1,145
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$52,077 ±$4,160 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $55,478 ±$2,429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

29.7% ±5.8% (720  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 19.2% 25,136 (±1.4% / ±1,811)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

24.3 minutes ±5.3 (24,480  ±6,688) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 20.6 1,153,635 (±0.9 / ±57,136)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

945 ±108 Number of households
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 52,388 ±643
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.6 ±0.1 (2,432  ±305) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 2.5 131,075 (±0 / ±47)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

2.6% ±2.9% (15  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,528 (±0.9% / ±315)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

1,020 ±120 Number of housing units
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 58,401 ±78
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$112,700 ±$20,598 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $181,200 ±$6,069
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

27.7% ±8.8% (707  ±240) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 18.4% 24,566 (±1.5% / ±2,021.2)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

85.5% ±6.2% (1,452  ±189) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 88.9% 77,449 (±2.5% / ±2,156.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
8.3% ±3.7% (141  ±64.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 25% 21,755 (±1.4% / ±1,240.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.2% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 3.2% 4,316
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

3.4% ±2% (66  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 6.1% 6,163 (±0.6% / ±593)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
66 Total veterans ±39 66 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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