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Harrisburg, PA

50,092 Population
8.1 square miles 6,169.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,779 ±$1,663 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $42,772 ±$594
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$47,783 ±$3,198 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $79,281 ±$1,121
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

29.1% ±2.8% (14,317  ±1,354) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 10% 57,862 (±0.6% / ±3,212)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.6 minutes ±1.2 (395,380  ±33,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 22.7 5,663,225 (±0.3 / ±101,806)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

22,036 ±849 Number of households
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 243,182 ±1,015
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (49,088  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 2.4 577,782 (±0 / ±330)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.9% ±2% (710  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 6,885 (±0.5% / ±607)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

24,496 ±790 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 257,534 ±370
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$121,000 ±$8,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $239,100 ±$2,274
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

20.7% ±3% (10,234  ±1,484.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 12.9% 76,228 (±0.6% / ±3,453.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

85.5% ±3.7% (27,218  ±1,463.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 92.2% 384,309 (±1.2% / ±4,805.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
26.3% ±2.1% (8,371  ±,728.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 35.4% 147,388 (±0.7% / ±2,824.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

8.5% ±1.6% (4,254  ±791) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 45,723
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.6% ±0.9% (1,671  ±332) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 36,142 (±0.3% / ±1,485)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,671 Total veterans ±332 1,569 Male ±314 102 Female ±79

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