Harrisburg vs Midland

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (19,203 vs 4,758 in Midland). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($143,393 vs $85,551 in Midland). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($431,900 vs $342,700 in Midland).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Midland
Population	19,203	4,758
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,393	$85,551
Median home value	$431,900	$342,700
Median gross rent	$2,407	$1,230
Housing units	6,111	1,846
Homeownership rate	92.5%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Midland
Population	15,806 → 19,203 (+21.5%)	3,622 → 4,758 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$108,942 → $143,393 (+31.6%)	$68,125 → $85,551 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$288,900 → $431,900 (+49.5%)	$210,500 → $342,700 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,634 → $2,407 (+47.3%)	$857 → $1,230 (+43.5%)

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

Midland

Population

3,6224,758

Median household income

$68,125$85,551

Median home value

$210,500$342,700

Median gross rent

$857$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Midland
Under 5	5.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	18.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.4%
75 and over	3.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Midland
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	66.9%
Black or African American	13.2%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Midland
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	15.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Midland
Drove alone	69.5%	71.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.5%
Public transit	2.3%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	17.6%
Other means	0.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Midland
1-unit, detached	90.7%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Midland
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.6%
Average household size	3.30	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	2006	2006