What is the population of Harrisonburg city?

Harrisonburg city has 51,492 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

What is the median household income in Harrisonburg city?

Median household income in Harrisonburg city is $59,752 a year, 23.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,120 a month and the median home value is $278,200, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Harrisonburg city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Harrisonburg city ZIP codes — Harrisonburg city, Virginia

Quick answer

Harrisonburg city is home to 51,492 residents with a median household income of $59,752 and a median home value of $278,200. 39.9% of households own their home and 25.6% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Harrisonburg city ZIP code? 1 ZIP code areas fall inside Harrisonburg city, Virginia, listed in full below.

Population: 51,492Harrisonburg city residents
Median household income: $59,752Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $278,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,120Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 25.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 39.9%Owner-occupied households

Harrisonburg city, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Harrisonburg city is a small city in Virginia, with 51,492 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 25.4 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 Harrisonburg city earn a median of $59,752 a year, 23.9% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 25.6% 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 Harrisonburg city is valued at $278,200, 8.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,120 a month, 20.3% below the national figure, or roughly $13,440 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 39.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 25.4 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.

ZIP codes in Harrisonburg city

ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Harrisonburg city.

22807

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What these estimates cover.

Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Harrisonburg city?: Harrisonburg city has 51,492 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
What is the median household income in Harrisonburg city?: Median household income in Harrisonburg city is $59,752 a year, 23.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Harrisonburg city?: Median gross rent is $1,120 a month and the median home value is $278,200, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.
Is Harrisonburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Harrisonburg city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Harrisonburg 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.