City safety & data profile

HarrisonburgVA

Harrisonburg, VA is a 53K-resident city in Harrisonburg city with a median household income of $62,254.

Harrisonburg city, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Harrisonburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Harrisonburg has a population larger than 80% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $299,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

53K
Population (place)
Top 20%
By size
$62,254
Median income (place)
$299,100
Median home (place)
25.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg posts a median household income higher than 26% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Harrisonburg area.

Bottom 27%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Harrisonburg

Where Harrisonburg income ranks nationally

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

$62,254 Bottom 26% higher than 26% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Harrisonburg $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 VA

Population among 102 VA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Virginia Beach is the largest VA city on this list; Great Falls leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in VA

Median household income among the same 102-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Great Falls posts the highest place-level median income in VA; Virginia Beach is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Harrisonburg, VA beyond the headline numbers

Harrisonburg sits inside Harrisonburg city, Virginia, at roughly 38.45°N, -78.87°W. Population 52,538, $62,254 median household income. Median home value $299,100, median rent $1,184. Poverty rate 25.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Harrisonburg, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

25.7% of Harrisonburg, VA 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.

A median home in Harrisonburg runs about 4.8 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 9.1% of Harrisonburg workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 21.9% in Harrisonburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Harrisonburg's median age is 25 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Harrisonburg 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)
52,538
Harrisonburg · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$62,254
-30% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$299,100
-28% vs avg
Median Age (place)
25
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Harrisonburg city): Harrisonburg'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
51K+3%
Median Income
$62,254+64%
Median Home Value
$299,100+44%
Poverty Rate
25.7%-23%
Unemployment
6.8%-11%

Economics

Economics indicators for Harrisonburg, VA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,184/mo
Poverty Rate
25.7% +107% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 37.5%
Work From Home 9.1%
Public Transit 1.8%

Population

White 64.3%
African American 7.7%
Asian 3.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.4%
Obesity
33.4%
High Blood Pressure
26.6%
Physical Inactivity
25.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.9%
Binge Drinking
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.2%
Current Smoking
12.9%
Current Asthma
11.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58.9%
Annual Checkup 73.8%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
SENTARA RMH MEDICAL CENTER
HARRISONBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Harrisonburg?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet VA-HARRISONBURG · Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg: 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 Harrisonburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Virginia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Harrisonburg, VA? ▼
Harrisonburg, VA has a population of 52,538 people, located in Harrisonburg city, Virginia.
What is the median household income in Harrisonburg? ▼
The median household income in Harrisonburg, VA is $62,254 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 25.7%.
What is the median home value in Harrisonburg? ▼
The median home value in Harrisonburg, VA is $299,100. Median rent is $1,184/month.
What are the top health concerns in Harrisonburg? ▼
The top health indicators in Harrisonburg include Short Sleep Duration (38.4%), Obesity (33.4%), High Blood Pressure (26.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Harrisonburg? ▼
Harrisonburg has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Harrisonburg? ▼
The median age in Harrisonburg, VA is 25 years. 37.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (25.7% here).

Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% Huntington, WV 25.7% Harvey, LA 25.7% Morganton, NC 25.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($62,254 here).

Socastee, SC $62,257 Fond du Lac, WI $62,260 East Ridge, TN $62,247 Panama City, FL $62,265

Compare Harrisonburg with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Staunton, VA 24K Waynesboro, VA 21K Charlottesville, VA 47K Front Royal, VA 15K Culpeper, VA 18K Winchester, VA 27K Madison Heights, VA 11K Lynchburg, VA 80K
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Using Harrisonburg'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 Harrisonburg 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 Harrisonburg against Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Virginia

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 (Harrisonburg city) 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.