Harrisburg vs Stonefort

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

Harrisburg and Stonefort 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 389 in Stonefort). Stonefort has the higher median household income ($53,365 vs $48,488 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $83,300 in Stonefort).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
Population	8,608	389
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,488	$53,365
Median home value	$84,800	$83,300
Median gross rent	$717	$723
Housing units	4,176	167
Homeownership rate	62.4%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
Population	8,994 → 8,608 (-4.3%)	316 → 389 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$35,204 → $48,488 (+37.7%)	$29,688 → $53,365 (+79.8%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $84,800 (+21.5%)	$65,400 → $83,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $717 (+25.8%)	$693 → $723 (+4.3%)

Harrisburg

Population

8,9948,608

Median household income

$35,204$48,488

Median home value

$69,800$84,800

Median gross rent

$570$717

Stonefort

Population

316389

Median household income

$29,688$53,365

Median home value

$65,400$83,300

Median gross rent

$693$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
Under 5	8.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	23.1%
75 and over	9.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.8%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
No high school diploma	15.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	27.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
Drove alone	89.5%	70.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	27.2%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
1-unit, detached	67.2%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Stonefort
Poverty rate	25.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1965	1977