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Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area

596,305 Population
1,621.8 square miles 367.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,524 ±$968 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$73,559 ±$3,187 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

9.9% ±1% (57,216  ±5,666) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.5 minutes ±0.9 (5,165,890  ±262,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

243,253 ±2,383 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (574,916  ±3,389) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

7.1% ±1.5% (9,357  ±1,939) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

257,236 ±1,455 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$219,000 ±$5,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12% ±1.2% (70,831  ±6,982.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.8% ±2.2% (383,968  ±9,044.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
33.7% ±1.3% (141,138  ±5,461.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.4% ±0.7% (43,926  ±3,874) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.5% ±0.6% (34,989  ±2,668) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
34,989 Total veterans ±2,668 31,984 Male ±2,435 3,005 Female ±824

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