Harrisburg vs Mill City

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (3,675 vs 1,876 in Mill City). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($74,006 vs $70,000 in Mill City). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($304,100 vs $289,900 in Mill City).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Mill City
Population	3,675	1,876
Median age	33.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,006	$70,000
Median home value	$304,100	$289,900
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,204
Housing units	1,299	791
Homeownership rate	79.4%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Mill City
Population	3,799 → 3,675 (-3.3%)	1,839 → 1,876 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$41,870 → $74,006 (+76.8%)	$53,243 → $70,000 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $304,100 (+79.6%)	$174,700 → $289,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,225 (+9.6%)	$912 → $1,204 (+32.0%)

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

Mill City

Population

1,8391,876

Median household income

$53,243$70,000

Median home value

$174,700$289,900

Median gross rent

$912$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Mill City
Under 5	9.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.6%	22.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	18.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.9%
75 and over	3.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Mill City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Mill City
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	49.4%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Mill City
Drove alone	65.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	25.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Mill City
1-unit, detached	57.8%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Mill City
Poverty rate	7.3%	17.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1984	1969