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Harrisonburg, VA

52,062 Population
17.3 square miles 3,003.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,388 ±$1,479 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $30,355 ±$1,218
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $43,267 ±$239
$51,055 ±$1,942 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $61,669 ±$2,030
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $80,615 ±$377

25.8% ±2% (11,608  ±919) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 14.1% 17,775 (±1% / ±1,308)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 828,664 (±0.2% / ±13,372)

16.5 minutes ±0.5 (371,020  ±18,556) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 19.9 1,212,370 (±0.4 / ±33,896)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)

Families

17,102 ±450 Number of households
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 48,291 ±574
  • Virginia: 3,248,528 ±6,651
2.6 ±0.1 (44,929  ±660) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 2.6 126,271 (±0 / ±719)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,346,977 (±0)

2.3% ±0.9% (406  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,149 (±0.6% / ±215)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,799 (±0.1% / ±2,354)

Housing

18,569 ±252 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 53,957 ±283
  • Virginia: 3,596,100 ±557

$231,300 ±$9,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $231,600 ±$6,229
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $295,500 ±$973

27.7% ±2.1% (14,295  ±1,102.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 17.6% 23,542 (±1.2% / ±1,589.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 14.4% 1,221,175 (±0.2% / ±14,167.2)

Social

83.4% ±3.9% (22,132  ±1,041.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 85.3% 71,363 (±2.2% / ±1,823.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 90.8% 5,342,922 (±0.3% / ±17,984.1)
34.6% ±2.4% (9,172  ±645.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 29.9% 24,982 (±1.3% / ±1,076.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 40.3% 2,372,397 (±0.2% / ±11,374.1)

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

15.8% ±1.4% (8,224  ±730) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 9.7% 13,150 (±0.7% / ±943)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,076,919 (±0.1% / ±9,999)

3.2% ±0.7% (1,368  ±302) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 5.2% 5,658 (±0.5% / ±525)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 671,519 (±0.1% / ±5,249)
1,368 Total veterans ±302 1,239 Male ±292 129 Female ±80

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