Arkansas · Census place 30400
Harrisburg, AR population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Harrisburg, Arkansas (Harrisburg, AR — Census place “Harrisburg city”) is 2,574 residents, ranking #124 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $52,077, the median home is worth $112,700 and median gross rent runs $792 a month. Looking for the Harrisburg Arkansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Harrisburg, AR: 72432.
- Population
- 2,574Harrisburg city residents
- Median household income
- $52,077Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $112,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $792Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 49.6%Owner-occupied households
Harrisburg ZIP codes (Arkansas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Harrisburg.
The Harrisburg AR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Harrisburg city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Harrisburg city median would spend about 18.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29.7% of residents and 49.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Harrisburg city, AR in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Harrisburg city is a small town in Arkansas, with 2,574 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #124 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 38.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Harrisburg city earn a median of $52,077 a year, 33.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 29.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Harrisburg city is valued at $112,700, 62.9% below the national figure and 13% below the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $792 a month, 43.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,504 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 49.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Arkansas.
- England city 2,568
- Bono city 2,575
- Bald Knob city 2,545
- North Crossett CDP 2,583
- Clinton city 2,506
- Charleston city 2,611
- Goshen town 2,488
- Hoxie city 2,623
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Harrisburg city?
- Harrisburg city has 2,574 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #124 of 625 in Arkansas.
- What is the median household income in Harrisburg city?
- Median household income in Harrisburg city is $52,077 a year, 33.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harrisburg city?
- Median gross rent is $792 a month and the median home value is $112,700, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
- Is Harrisburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Harrisburg city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Harrisburg city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.