Harrisburg is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 50,183 people and 36 associated neighborhoods, Harrisburg is the 11th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Harrisburg was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Harrisburg, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Harrisburg is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Harrisburg a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

A lot of people in Harrisburg take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Harrisburg, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

The education level of Harrisburg citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.86% of adults in Harrisburg have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Harrisburg in 2022 was $26,237, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,948 for a family of four. However, Harrisburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Harrisburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harrisburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harrisburg residents report their race to be Black or 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 24.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Harrisburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and African.

The most common language spoken in Harrisburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.