Harrisburg vs Sweet Home

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

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

Sweet Home has the higher population (9,977 vs 3,675 in Harrisburg). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($74,006 vs $59,479 in Sweet Home). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($304,100 vs $245,700 in Sweet Home).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
Population	3,675	9,977
Median age	33.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,006	$59,479
Median home value	$304,100	$245,700
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,135
Housing units	1,299	4,203
Homeownership rate	79.4%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
Population	3,799 → 3,675 (-3.3%)	9,619 → 9,977 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$41,870 → $74,006 (+76.8%)	$43,589 → $59,479 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $304,100 (+79.6%)	$153,000 → $245,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,225 (+9.6%)	$934 → $1,135 (+21.5%)

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

Sweet Home

Population

9,6199,977

Median household income

$43,589$59,479

Median home value

$153,000$245,700

Median gross rent

$934$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
Under 5	9.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	18.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	4.2%	10.6%
75 and over	3.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	7.6%	17.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	49.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
Drove alone	65.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	25.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.8%
Other means	2.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	57.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	7.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1984	1973