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Harrisonburg, VA

51,492 Population
17.3 square miles 2,970.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,957 ±$1,035 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $34,832 ±$1,184
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$59,752 ±$2,394 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $72,145 ±$2,312
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

25.6% ±2.2% (11,298  ±948) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 15.2% 19,200 (±1.2% / ±1,537)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

17.1 minutes ±1 (370,540  ±25,372) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 20 1,200,310 (±0.7 / ±46,869)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

17,331 ±330 Number of households
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 49,379 ±493
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.6 ±0.1 (44,121  ±141) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 2.6 126,876 (±0 / ±118)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

1.7% ±0.6% (298  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 3% † 1,063 (±0.6% / ±215)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

18,654 ±77 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 54,749 ±83
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$278,200 ±$9,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $284,800 ±$6,007
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

25.5% ±2% (13,050  ±1,044.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 16.6% 22,393 (±1.1% / ±1,505.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

83.3% ±4.2% (21,767  ±1,112.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 85.9% 72,272 (±2.1% / ±1,801.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
36.7% ±2.6% (9,607  ±,678.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 31% 26,090 (±1.3% / ±1,065.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

17.3% (8,921  ±827) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 10.3% 14,058
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

2.8% ±0.4% (1,171  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 5% 5,407 (±0.4% / ±446)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
1,171 Total veterans ±188 1,044 Male ±167 127 Female ±81

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