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Harrisburg, PA real estate and demographic information

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Harrisburg zip codes17101, 17102, 17104, 17109, 17110, 17111, 17103, 17113, 17112

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POPULATION
49,100

Harrisburg, PA Information

HARRISBURG INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 49,100
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 24,337
HARRISBURG HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 35.76%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 48.86%
% VACANT 15.38%
TYPE OF HARRISBURG HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 11.23%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 46.87%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 18.86%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 22.79%
MOBILE HOMES 0.24%
OTHER 0.01%
SIZE OF HARRISBURG HOMES
NO BEDROOM 5.92%
1 BEDROOM 22.55%
2 BEDROOMS 21.21%
3 BEDROOMS 30.64%
4 BEDROOMS 9.88%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 9.80%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 0.96%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 11.61%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 47.99%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 39.44%


HARRISBURG REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $103,244
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $634
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$91,000 37.27%
$91,001-$182,000 53.11%
$182,001-$363,000 7.98%
$363,001-$544,000 1.08%
$544,001-$726,000 0.38%
$726,001-$907,000 0.18%
$907,001-$1,361,000 0.00%
$1,361,001-$1,814,000 0.00%
> $1,814,000 0.00%


PEOPLE OF Harrisburg DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.93%
5 TO 17 20.11%
18 TO 24 9.41%
25 TO 34 15.29%
35 TO 54 28.78%
55 TO 64 7.63%
65 YEARS AND OVER 10.85%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 72.38%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 14.27%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $26,920
PER CAPITA INCOME $15,787
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 24.56%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Public Service (15.32%), Healthcare (12.77%), Retail (10.43%), Manufacturing (7.60%), Accomodation (7.41%), Transportation (6.59%), Finance (5.94%), Administration (5.34%), Education (5.21%), Other (5.07%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.13%), Information Technology (3.72%), Construction (3.66%), Wholesale (3.08%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 3.46%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 32.15%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 53.29%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.24%
ASIAN 2.90%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.01%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 6.77%
TWO OR MORE RACES 4.63%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 11.77%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (54.55%), Unclassified (19.17%), German (6.90%), United States or American (3.46%), Italian (3.02%), Irish (2.60%)
FOREIGN BORN 5.85%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (77.65%) , Spanish (9.80%)
About Harrisburg

Harrisburg is a medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 49,100 people and 31 constituent neighborhoods, Harrisburg is the 12th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Harrisburg is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Harrisburg is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Harrisburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.04%), sales jobs (8.76%), and management occupations (5.92%).

Also of interest is that Harrisburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.21 minutes getting to work every day.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Harrisburg is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Harrisburg area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Harrisburg Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Harrisburg is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.27% of adults 25 and older in Harrisburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Harrisburg in 2000 was $15,787, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,148 for a family of four.

Harrisburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harrisburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Harrisburg is African-American, followed by White. Harrisburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.77% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Harrisburg include German, Italian, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Harrisburg is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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