City safety & data profile

HarrisburgPA

Harrisburg, PA is a 50K-resident city in Dauphin County with a median household income of $48,099.

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Harrisburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Harrisburg has a population larger than 79% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $124,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

50K
Population (place)
Top 21%
By size
$48,099
Median income (place)
$124,200
Median home (place)
30.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Harrisburg

Harrisburg posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Harrisburg area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Harrisburg

Where Harrisburg income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,099 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Harrisburg $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in PA

Population among 88 PA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Philadelphia is the largest PA city on this list; Franklin Park leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in PA

Median household income among the same 88-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Franklin Park posts the highest place-level median income in PA; Philadelphia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Harrisburg, PA beyond the headline numbers

Harrisburg sits inside Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at roughly 40.27°N, -76.88°W. Population 50,183, $48,099 median household income. Median home value $124,200, median rent $1,062. Poverty rate 30.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Harrisburg, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

30.5% of Harrisburg, PA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Harrisburg runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

15.8% of Harrisburg workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 48% in Harrisburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

5.2% of Harrisburg workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Harrisburg's median age is 33.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Harrisburg from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
50,183
Harrisburg · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,099
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$124,200
-70% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dauphin County): Harrisburg's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
290K+8%
Median Income
$76,242+41%
Median Home Value
$236,400+49%
Poverty Rate
12.9%-3%
Unemployment
4.5%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for Harrisburg, PA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,062/mo
Poverty Rate
30.5% +146% vs avg
Unemployment 11.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 25.9%
Work From Home 15.8%
Public Transit 5.2%

Population

White 30.8%
African American 43.2%
Asian 2.2%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
48%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.5%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS
HARRISBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Harrisburg?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Harrisburg right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet PA-HARRISBURG-PA · Harrisburg

Harrisburg: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Harrisburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Pennsylvania state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Harrisburg, PA? ▼
Harrisburg, PA has a population of 50,183 people, located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Harrisburg? ▼
The median household income in Harrisburg, PA is $48,099 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 30.5%.
What is the median home value in Harrisburg? ▼
The median home value in Harrisburg, PA is $124,200. Median rent is $1,062/month.
What are the top health concerns in Harrisburg? ▼
The top health indicators in Harrisburg include Short Sleep Duration (48%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Harrisburg? ▼
Harrisburg has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Harrisburg? ▼
The median age in Harrisburg, PA is 33.4 years. 25.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Harrisburg, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside PA (30.5% here).

Cleveland, OH 30.6% San Luis Obispo, CA 30.4% Pullman, WA 30.4% Ithaca, NY 30.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside PA ($48,099 here).

Akron, OH $48,076 Immokalee, FL $48,144 Homosassa Springs, FL $48,049 Cumberland, MD $48,162

Compare Harrisburg with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Colonial Park, PA 13K Hershey, PA 14K Weigelstown, PA 13K Elizabethtown, PA 12K Shiloh, PA 11K Carlisle, PA 19K York, PA 44K Columbia, PA 10K
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Using Harrisburg's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Harrisburg area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Harrisburg against Pennsylvania peers on any ranking lens. Explore Pennsylvania

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Dauphin County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.