Harrington vs Rising Sun-Lebanon

A side-by-side comparison of Harrington and Rising Sun-Lebanon: population, income, housing, and more.

Harrington and Rising Sun-Lebanon are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher population (4,195 vs 3,805 in Harrington). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median household income ($109,167 vs $72,606 in Harrington). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median home value ($388,600 vs $222,100 in Harrington).

Population, income & housing

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	3,805	4,195
Median age	30.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,606	$109,167
Median home value	$222,100	$388,600
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,749
Housing units	1,669	1,242
Homeownership rate	62.6%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	3,652 → 3,805 (+4.2%)	4,065 → 4,195 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$50,160 → $72,606 (+44.7%)	$72,273 → $109,167 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $222,100 (+22.5%)	$293,300 → $388,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,136 (+21.4%)	$1,350 → $1,749 (+29.6%)

Harrington

Population

3,6523,805

Median household income

$50,160$72,606

Median home value

$181,300$222,100

Median gross rent

$936$1,136

Rising Sun-Lebanon

Population

4,0654,195

Median household income

$72,273$109,167

Median home value

$293,300$388,600

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Under 5	12.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	19.6%	20.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.2%
75 and over	5.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	55.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
No high school diploma	8.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	33.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Drove alone	82.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	12.2%
Public transit	1.6%	2.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.2%
Other means	2.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
1-unit, detached	71.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Harrington	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.40	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1969	2002