Harrisburg vs Sturgeon

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

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

Sturgeon has the higher population (1,143 vs 344 in Harrisburg). Sturgeon has the higher median household income ($66,500 vs $51,250 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $139,300 in Sturgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
Population	344	1,143
Median age	28.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$66,500
Median home value	$176,800	$139,300
Median gross rent	$956	$886
Housing units	186	555
Homeownership rate	73.1%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
Population	410 → 344 (-16.1%)	990 → 1,143 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $51,250 (-12.8%)	$52,500 → $66,500 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $176,800 (+32.9%)	$101,800 → $139,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $956 (+23.4%)	$755 → $886 (+17.4%)

Harrisburg

Population

410344

Median household income

$58,750$51,250

Median home value

$133,000$176,800

Median gross rent

$775$956

Sturgeon

Population

9901,143

Median household income

$52,500$66,500

Median home value

$101,800$139,300

Median gross rent

$755$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
Under 5	11.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	23.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.6%
75 and over	4.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
No high school diploma	10.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	36.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
Drove alone	73.7%	88.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
1-unit, detached	46.2%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Sturgeon
Poverty rate	11.2%	4.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1992	1960