Albany vs Harrisburg

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

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

Albany has the higher population (56,773 vs 3,675 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($74,006 vs $73,809 in Albany). Albany has the higher median home value ($352,900 vs $304,100 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Harrisburg
Population	56,773	3,675
Median age	37.1 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$74,006
Median home value	$352,900	$304,100
Median gross rent	$1,311	$1,225
Housing units	22,552	1,299
Homeownership rate	59.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Harrisburg
Population	53,521 → 56,773 (+6.1%)	3,799 → 3,675 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$60,624 → $73,809 (+21.7%)	$41,870 → $74,006 (+76.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $352,900 (+56.0%)	$169,300 → $304,100 (+79.6%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,311 (+35.7%)	$1,118 → $1,225 (+9.6%)

Albany

Population

53,52156,773

Median household income

$60,624$73,809

Median home value

$226,200$352,900

Median gross rent

$966$1,311

Harrisburg

Population

3,7993,675

Median household income

$41,870$74,006

Median home value

$169,300$304,100

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Harrisburg
Under 5	7.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.2%
75 and over	6.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	23.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Harrisburg
Drove alone	73.4%	65.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	25.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	5.9%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	60.8%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	24.4%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	13.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1980	1984