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Harrisburg city, Dauphin County, PA

50,287 Population
8.1 square miles 6,193.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dauphin County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$27,330 ±$1,830 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dauphin County: $42,294 ±$1,041
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$48,099 ±$3,987 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Dauphin County: $76,242 ±$1,935
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

30.5% ±3.4% (15,114  ±1,682) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Dauphin County: 12.9% 36,661 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

20.1 minutes ±1.7 (358,975  ±40,135) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Dauphin County: 21.5 2,524,315 (±0.3 / ±66,561)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

22,137 ±825 Number of households
  • Dauphin County: 121,358 ±730
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.1 (49,302  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dauphin County: 2.3 283,018 (±0 / ±125)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

4% ±1.8% (507  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 4.8% † 3,185 (±0.7% / ±491)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

24,130 ±759 Number of housing units
  • Dauphin County: 127,828 ±159
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$124,200 ±$11,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Dauphin County: $236,400 ±$3,814
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

15.7% ±2.3% (7,782  ±1,136) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dauphin County: 12.4% 35,647 (±0.9% / ±2,596.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

85.2% ±4% (27,386  ±1,537.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dauphin County: 91.2% 183,513 (±1.7% / ±3,488.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
25.9% ±2.3% (8,309  ±788.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dauphin County: 34.4% 69,288 (±1% / ±2,084.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

9.5% ±1.8% (4,756  ±909) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Dauphin County: 9.8% 28,406
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

4.8% ±1.1% (1,731  ±414) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dauphin County: 6.6% 14,873 (±0.5% / ±1,068)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
1,731 Total veterans ±414 1,625 Male ±401 106 Female ±96

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