County Harrisonburg city, Virginia - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in Harrisonburg city, Virginia was $59,752. An estimated 7.7% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 5.9% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 83.4% of households received earnings. An estimated 21.6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 14.7 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,907. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 25.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 21.1% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 29.5% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 10.6 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 50.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 30.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 31.4% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Harrisonburg city, Virginia in 2019-2023, 89.8% had health insurance coverage and 10.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 68.3% and public coverage was 29.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 6%.

In 2019-2023, Harrisonburg city, Virginia had a total population of 51,492 - 26,555 (51.6%) females and 24,937 (48.4%) males. The median age was 25.4 years. An estimated 17.1% of the population was under 18 years, 42% was 19 to 44 years, 17.2% was 45 to 64 years, and 10.1 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 17,331 households in Harrisonburg city, Virginia. The average household size was 2.55 people.

Married-couple households made up 33.9% of the households in Harrisonburg city, Virginia while cohabiting couple households made up 8.1% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 33.3% of all households, while 24.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 13.6% of households were male householders living alone, and 14% were female householders living alone, for a total of 27.6% of all households.

In Harrisonburg city, Virginia, 28.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 21.4% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 82.7% of the people living in Harrisonburg city, Virginia were U.S. natives. 46.8% of the Harrisonburg city, Virginia population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 17.3% of Harrisonburg city, Virginia residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 37.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 57.2 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Harrisonburg city, Virginia come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for Harrisonburg city, Virginia.

Among people at least five years old living in Harrisonburg city, Virginia in 2019-2023, 27 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 19% of people at least five years old; 13.7% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 74.5 % of the people at least one year old living in Harrisonburg city, Virginia were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 83.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 36.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 16.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Harrisonburg city, Virginia was 21,991 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 874 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 5,935. College or graduate school enrollment was 15,182.

In Harrisonburg city, Virginia, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 10.3 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 3.5% of people under 18 years old, to 8.9% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 32.9% of those 65 and over.

In Harrisonburg city, Virginia, 56.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 38.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 78.1% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 17.1% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 4.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Harrisonburg city, Virginia worked in the following industries:

An estimated 68.6% of Harrisonburg city, Virginia workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 13.1% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 17.1 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, Harrisonburg city, Virginia had a total of 18,654 housing units. Of these housing units, 60.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 38.7% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 1.2% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

10% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 7.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Harrisonburg city, Virginia was 5.4 rooms, and of these housing units 62.5% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, Harrisonburg city, Virginia had 17,331 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,323 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 39.9% while renters occupied 60.1%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.57 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.53.

14.3% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 6.5% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 7.5% and another 24.9% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Harrisonburg city, Virginia:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Harrisonburg city, Virginia was $278,200.

Of the owner-occupied households, 65.3 % had a mortgage. 34.7% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,495 and for owners without a mortgage it was $495.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Harrisonburg city, Virginia was $1,120. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.