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Harrisburg, PA

50,055 Population
8.1 square miles 6,165.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±1 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: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,237 ±$1,802 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $41,185 ±$527
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$46,654 ±$2,556 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $76,189 ±$1,030
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

28.3% ±3.2% (13,958  ±1,585) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 9.9% 57,167 (±0.5% / ±2,861)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

19.6 minutes ±1.2 (393,810  ±32,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 22.9 5,879,040 (±0.3 / ±101,269)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

21,474 ±771 Number of households
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 240,026 ±1,180
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.3 ±0.1 (49,008  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 2.4 572,954 (±0 / ±275)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

3.6% ±1.4% (454  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 5% 6,668 (±0.4% / ±582)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

24,389 ±743 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 255,664 ±181
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$112,100 ±$8,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $226,100 ±$2,031
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

21.4% ±3.1% (10,626  ±1,530.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 13.5% 79,052 (±0.6% / ±3,372.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

84.1% ±3.9% (26,315  ±1,441.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 92% 380,579 (±1.2% / ±4,901.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
23.9% ±2.1% (7,463  ±,700.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 34.5% 142,447 (±0.7% / ±2,923.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

8.4% ±1.5% (4,203  ±752) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.2% 42,859
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

5.6% ±0.9% (1,997  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.8% 36,323 (±0.3% / ±1,367)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
1,997 Total veterans ±335 1,697 Male ±295 300 Female ±135

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