Harrisburg is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 50,012 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.

A relatively large number of people in Harrisburg telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.84% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Many people in Harrisburg take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Harrisburg citizens for affordable transportation.

In terms of college education, Harrisburg is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.30% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Harrisburg in 2022 was $27,779, 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 $111,116 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 25.01% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Harrisburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

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