Harrisburg vs Kannapolis

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

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

Kannapolis has the higher population (56,470 vs 19,203 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($143,393 vs $70,691 in Kannapolis). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($431,900 vs $245,500 in Kannapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
Population	19,203	56,470
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$143,393	$70,691
Median home value	$431,900	$245,500
Median gross rent	$2,407	$1,168
Housing units	6,111	23,969
Homeownership rate	92.5%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
Population	15,806 → 19,203 (+21.5%)	48,630 → 56,470 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$108,942 → $143,393 (+31.6%)	$53,365 → $70,691 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$288,900 → $431,900 (+49.5%)	$144,400 → $245,500 (+70.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,634 → $2,407 (+47.3%)	$856 → $1,168 (+36.4%)

Harrisburg

Population

15,80619,203

Median household income

$108,942$143,393

Median home value

$288,900$431,900

Median gross rent

$1,634$2,407

Kannapolis

Population

48,63056,470

Median household income

$53,365$70,691

Median home value

$144,400$245,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,168

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
Under 5	5.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	18.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.3%
75 and over	3.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	56.2%
Black or African American	13.2%	23.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	15.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
Drove alone	69.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.1%
Public transit	2.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	12.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
1-unit, detached	90.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Kannapolis
Poverty rate	3.8%	12.2%
Average household size	3.30	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	2006	1985