Harrisburg vs Raleigh

A side-by-side comparison of Harrisburg and Raleigh: population, income, housing, and more.

Harrisburg and Raleigh are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harrisburg has the higher population (8,608 vs 238 in Raleigh). Raleigh has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $48,488 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $70,600 in Raleigh).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
Population	8,608	238
Median age	37.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,488	$52,083
Median home value	$84,800	$70,600
Median gross rent	$717	$675
Housing units	4,176	159
Homeownership rate	62.4%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
Population	8,994 → 8,608 (-4.3%)	302 → 238 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$35,204 → $48,488 (+37.7%)	$40,625 → $52,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $84,800 (+21.5%)	$66,300 → $70,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $717 (+25.8%)	$575 → $675 (+17.4%)

Harrisburg

Population

8,9948,608

Median household income

$35,204$48,488

Median home value

$69,800$84,800

Median gross rent

$570$717

Raleigh

Population

302238

Median household income

$40,625$52,083

Median home value

$66,300$70,600

Median gross rent

$575$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
Under 5	8.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	23.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	16.0%
75 and over	9.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	97.1%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
No high school diploma	15.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	27.1%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
Drove alone	89.5%	97.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	67.2%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Raleigh
Poverty rate	25.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1965	1962