What is the population of Harrisburg city?

Harrisburg city has 7,790 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 485 in South Dakota.

What is the median household income in Harrisburg city?

Median household income in Harrisburg city is $101,534 a year, 29.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harrisburg city?

Median gross rent is $1,349 a month and the median home value is $281,400, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.

Is Harrisburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× 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 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Harrisburg, SD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Harrisburg, South Dakota (Harrisburg, SD — Census place “Harrisburg city”) is 7,790 residents, ranking #14 of 485 places in South Dakota. Median household income is $101,534, the median home is worth $281,400 and median gross rent runs $1,349 a month. Looking for the Harrisburg South Dakota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Harrisburg, SD: 57032.

Population: 7,790Harrisburg city residents
Median household income: $101,534Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $281,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,349Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79.6%Owner-occupied households

Harrisburg ZIP codes (South Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Harrisburg.

The Harrisburg SD ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

57032

What the numbers mean in Harrisburg city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Harrisburg city median would spend about 15.9% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.5% of residents and 79.6% 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, SD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Harrisburg city is a mid-size town in South Dakota, with 7,790 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #14 of 485 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 30.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Harrisburg city earn a median of $101,534 a year, 29.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 55% above the $65,500 median for the 79 South Dakota 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 1.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Harrisburg city is valued at $281,400, 7.3% below the national figure and 46% above the $192,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,349 a month, 4.1% below the national figure, or roughly $16,188 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.9% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 79.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Harrisburg city?: Harrisburg city has 7,790 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 485 in South Dakota.
What is the median household income in Harrisburg city?: Median household income in Harrisburg city is $101,534 a year, 29.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harrisburg city?: Median gross rent is $1,349 a month and the median home value is $281,400, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.
Is Harrisburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× 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 15.9% 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. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.