Harrisburg, PA (Pennsylvania) Houses and Residents

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Harrisburg Apartments for Rent

Total population: 47,196 (Urban population: 47,167, Rural population: 29 (all nonfarm))

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 24,337 (20,593 occupied: 8,702 owner occupied, 11,891 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	58%
State:	29%

Housing density: 3001 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $165,004.

Median contract rent in 2007: $489 (lower quartile is $364, upper quartile is $627)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $521

Median gross rent in Harrisburg, PA in 2007: $612

Housing units in Harrisburg with a mortgage: 5,498 (695 second mortgage, 618 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,611

Harrisburg,PA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $85,725 (it was $56,900 in 2000)

Harrisburg:	$85,725
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $57,053 - $113,314

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $147,934
Here: $147,934
State: $224,371

Townhouses or other attached units: $89,457
Here: $89,457
State: $160,289

In 2-unit structures: $58,657
Here: $58,657
State: $153,822

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $91,121
Here: $91,121
State: $204,155

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $107,354
Here: $107,354
State: $211,072

Mobile homes: $20,192
Here: $20,192
State: $35,442

Household type by relationship

Households: 47,852

In family households: 36,476 (5,013 male householders, 6,057 female householders)
4,892 spouses, 15,013 children (13,881 natural, 393 adopted, 739 stepchildren), 1,868 grandchildren, 694 brothers or sisters, 436 parents, 995 other relatives, 1,508 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 11,376 (4,691 male householders (3,756 living alone)), 4,852 female householders (4,306 living alone)), 1,833 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,248 (576 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,265 2-persons, 2,751 3-persons, 1,998 4-persons, 1,141 5-persons, 501 6-persons, 414 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,062 1-person, 1,255 2-persons, 129 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.

4,047 married couples with children.
7,335 single-parent households (980 men, 6,355 women).

84.3% of residents of Harrisburg speak English at home.
10.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 39% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 2,871 (5.8%)
(37.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.6
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 9 2 rooms: 26 3 rooms: 181 4 rooms: 335 5 rooms: 1,031 6 rooms: 2,638 7 rooms: 1,813 8 rooms: 1,675 9 or more rooms: 994

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 927 2 rooms: 1,350 3 rooms: 2,544 4 rooms: 2,531 5 rooms: 1,672 6 rooms: 1,320 7 rooms: 604 8 rooms: 659 9 or more rooms: 284

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 29
1995 to 1998: 204
1990 to 1994: 394
1980 to 1989: 780
1970 to 1979: 1,651
1960 to 1969: 2,475
1950 to 1959: 4,469
1940 to 1949: 4,735
1939 or earlier: 9,600

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Harrisburg:
	no bedroom: 24 1 bedroom: 237 2 bedrooms: 1,195 3 bedrooms: 4,292 4 bedrooms: 1,508 5 or more bedrooms: 1,446

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harrisburg:
	no bedroom: 1,214 1 bedroom: 4,334 2 bedrooms: 3,024 3 bedrooms: 2,141 4 bedrooms: 522 5 or more bedrooms: 656

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Harrisburg in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,307 1 vehicle: 3,761 2 vehicles: 2,954 3 vehicles: 557 4 vehicles: 84 5 or more vehicles: 39

Cars and other vehicles available in Harrisburg in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 5,059 1 vehicle: 5,222 2 vehicles: 1,424 3 vehicles: 153 4 vehicles: 19 5 or more vehicles: 14

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Harrisburg, PA:

Less than $10,000: 88
$10,000 to $14,999: 110
$15,000 to $19,999: 133
$20,000 to $24,999: 256
$25,000 to $29,999: 149
$30,000 to $34,999: 377
$35,000 to $39,999: 412
$40,000 to $49,999: 1473
$50,000 to $59,999: 1539
$60,000 to $69,999: 1142
$70,000 to $79,999: 853
$80,000 to $89,999: 552
$90,000 to $99,999: 267
$100,000 to $124,999: 264
$125,000 to $149,999: 204
$150,000 to $174,999: 102
$175,000 to $199,999: 57
$200,000 to $249,999: 62
$250,000 to $299,999: 20
$300,000 to $399,999: 33
$400,000 to $499,999: 16
$500,000 to $749,999: 0
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Harrisburg rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Harrisburg:

Less than $100: 558 people
$100 to $149: 337
$150 to $199: 405
$200 to $249: 434
$250 to $299: 342
$300 to $349: 600
$350 to $399: 812
$400 to $449: 1,089
$450 to $499: 1,257
$500 to $549: 1,123
$550 to $599: 1,241
$600 to $649: 998
$650 to $699: 706
$700 to $749: 442
$750 to $799: 265
$800 to $899: 331
$900 to $999: 135
$1,000 to $1,249: 80
$1,250 to $1,499: 13
$1,500 to $1,999: 12
$2,000 or more: 10
No cash rent: 255

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 929 1990 to 1994: 726 1985 to 1989: 322 1980 to 1984: 311 1975 to 1979: 230 1970 to 1974: 103 1970 to 1974: 23 1965 to 1969: 227

Harrisburg, PA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 75.9%
Number of people working at home: 389 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 522
5 to 9 minutes: 2323
10 to 14 minutes: 4655
15 to 19 minutes: 4916
20 to 24 minutes: 3243
25 to 29 minutes: 921
30 to 34 minutes: 1863
35 to 39 minutes: 184
40 to 44 minutes: 175
45 to 59 minutes: 549
60 to 89 minutes: 505
90 or more minutes: 275

Harrisburg mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 12,008 (59%)
Carpooled: 3,914 (19%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,494 (7%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Railroad: 19 (0%)
Taxi: 373 (2%)
Bicycle: 86 (0%)
Walked: 1,999 (10%)
Other means: 222 (1%)
Worked at home: 389 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3786
$10,000 to $14,999: 2054
$15,000 to $19,999: 1853
$20,000 to $24,999: 1937
$25,000 to $29,999: 1653
$30,000 to $34,999: 1562
$35,000 to $39,999: 1122
$40,000 to $44,999: 1141
$45,000 to $49,999: 888
$50,000 to $59,999: 1394
$60,000 to $74,999: 1297
$75,000 to $99,999: 1045
$100,000 to $124,999: 482
$125,000 to $149,999: 99
$150,000 to $199,999: 145
$200,000 or more: 155

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 26783

German: 3390

United States or American: 1701

Italian: 1483

Irish: 1276

Subsaharan African:: 996

African: 766

English: 714

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 280

Polish: 266

Dutch: 241

Scotch-Irish: 205

Pennsylvania German: 193

Welsh: 181

Jamaican: 146

Russian: 142

Croatian: 137

Scottish: 133

Slovak: 129

Ethiopian: 129

Arab:: 124

European: 122

Hungarian: 120

French (except Basque): 109

Ukrainian: 98

Moroccan: 83

Swedish: 74

Norwegian: 68

Swiss: 61

Slavic: 61

Haitian: 59

Lithuanian: 57

British: 50

Greek: 47

Danish: 45

Liberian: 42

Austrian: 39

Yugoslavian: 38

Czechoslovakian: 37

Celtic: 35

Czech: 31

Arab/Arabic: 28

Canadian: 24

Portuguese: 24

Ghanian: 23

West Indian: 22

Northern European: 20

Other Subsaharan African: 20

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 20

Bahamian: 19

Bulgarian: 18

Serbian: 17

Nigerian: 16

Carpatho Rusyn: 15

Albanian: 14

Lebanese: 13

Latvian: 13

Eastern European: 12

Romanian: 12

Iranian: 11

Macedonian: 9

Barbadian: 8

Armenian: 8

Slovene: 7

Belgian: 7

British West Indian: 6

French Canadian: 6

Scandinavian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Vietnam (25%)
Mexico (8%)
Jamaica (5%)
India (4%)
Other Northern Africa (4%)
Dominican Republic (4%)
Ecuador (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 33511
Northeast: 3017
Midwest: 897
South: 6004
West: 534

50% of Harrisburg residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 177
Nursery to 4th grade: 92
5th and 6th grade: 195
7th and 8th grade: 542
9th grade: 532
10th grade: 662
11th grade: 699
12th grade, no diploma: 840
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,895
Less than 1 year of college: 722
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,496
Associate degree: 751
Bachelor's degree: 1,440
Master's degree: 694
Professional school degree: 283
Doctorate degree: 85

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 334
Nursery to 4th grade: 110
5th and 6th grade: 198
7th and 8th grade: 504
9th grade: 733
10th grade: 1,005
11th grade: 947
12th grade, no diploma: 913
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,090
Less than 1 year of college: 1,207
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,867
Associate degree: 817
Bachelor's degree: 1,202
Master's degree: 470
Professional school degree: 168
Doctorate degree: 42

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 17.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 12.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 17.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 17.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 15.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 17.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $37,945
Black householders: $25,105
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $45,470
Asian householders: $51,387
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $6,161
Some other race householders: $33,634
Two or more races householders: $23,141
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $23,023

Harrisburg household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Harrisburg household income for Black householders

Harrisburg household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Harrisburg household income for Asian householders

Harrisburg household income for Some other race householders

Harrisburg household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Harrisburg marital status for males

Harrisburg marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $94,161
Black or African American householders: $81,355
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $84,067
Asian householders: $84,067
Some other race householders: $71,261
Two or more races householders: $86,478
Hispanic or Latino householders: $75,630

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,734
One, attached: 11,407
Two: 1,979
3 or 4: 2,611
5 to 9: 1,434
10 to 19: 1,050
20 to 49: 434
50 or more: 2,629
Mobile homes: 59

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,011

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Harrisburg:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (55%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (46%) Electricity (29%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Other fuel (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 762

Here:	11.6%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 424

Here:	16.4%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 264

Here:	18.5%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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