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Harrisburg, PA Urban Area

499,494 Population
250.3 square miles 1,996 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,156 ±$1,666 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$80,392 ±$3,693 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10% ±1.3% (48,579  ±6,133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.3 minutes ±0.6 (4,479,750  ±211,186) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

206,428 ±3,248 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (484,251  ±8,269) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.7% ±1.3% (5,456  ±1,533) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

214,356 ±2,970 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$265,900 ±$9,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.9% ±1.4% (58,605  ±6,848.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.2% ±2.3% (324,823  ±9,628.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
40.2% ±1.5% (139,950  ±5,834.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

9.6% ±0.8% (47,922  ±4,276) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.1% ±0.7% (27,828  ±2,844) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
27,828 Total veterans ±2,844 24,481 Male ±2,786 3,347 Female ±955

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