Harrisburg vs Pierpont

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (344 vs 68 in Pierpont). Pierpont has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $51,250 in Harrisburg). Pierpont has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $176,800 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
Population	344	68
Median age	28.9 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$101,250
Median home value	$176,800	$275,000
Median gross rent	$956	—
Housing units	186	29
Homeownership rate	73.1%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
Population	410 → 344 (-16.1%)	56 → 68 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $51,250 (-12.8%)	$88,333 → $101,250 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $176,800 (+32.9%)	$215,000 → $275,000 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $956 (+23.4%)	—

Harrisburg

Population

410344

Median household income

$58,750$51,250

Median home value

$133,000$176,800

Median gross rent

$775$956

Pierpont

Population

5668

Median household income

$88,333$101,250

Median home value

$215,000$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
Under 5	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	4.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	20.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	35.3%
75 and over	4.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
Drove alone	73.7%	60.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	20.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	20.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
1-unit, detached	46.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Pierpont
Poverty rate	11.2%	4.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1992	1974