Harmonsburg vs Riceville

A side-by-side comparison of Harmonsburg and Riceville: population, income, housing, and more.

Harmonsburg and Riceville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harmonsburg has the higher population (79 vs 76 in Riceville). Harmonsburg has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $98,300 in Riceville). Since 2019, Riceville's population has grown faster (+61.7% vs -80.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
Population	79	76
Median age	56.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,477
Median home value	$154,200	$98,300
Housing units	35	38
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
Population	410 → 79 (-80.7%)	47 → 76 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $77,917 (+83.3%)	$71,667 → $51,477 (-28.2%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $154,200 (+61.0%)	$91,300 → $98,300 (+7.7%)

Harmonsburg

Population

41079

Median household income

$42,500$77,917

Median home value

$95,800$154,200

Riceville

Population

4776

Median household income

$71,667$51,477

Median home value

$91,300$98,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	39.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	18.4%
55 to 64	22.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	39.2%	27.6%
75 and over	3.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	17.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
No high school diploma	10.8%	15.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
Drove alone	100.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
1-unit, detached	71.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Harmonsburg	Riceville
Poverty rate	49.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1963	1973