Colonial Park vs Harrisburg

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (50,092 vs 18,125 in Colonial Park). Colonial Park has the higher median household income ($69,804 vs $47,783 in Harrisburg). Colonial Park has the higher median home value ($223,800 vs $121,000 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
Population	18,125	50,092
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,804	$47,783
Median home value	$223,800	$121,000
Median gross rent	$1,272	$996
Housing units	7,554	24,496
Homeownership rate	48.9%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
Population	13,583 → 18,125 (+33.4%)	49,209 → 50,092 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$52,306 → $69,804 (+33.5%)	$39,685 → $47,783 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $223,800 (+42.5%)	$80,800 → $121,000 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,272 (+20.6%)	$856 → $996 (+16.4%)

Colonial Park

Population

13,58318,125

Median household income

$52,306$69,804

Median home value

$157,100$223,800

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,272

Harrisburg

Population

49,20950,092

Median household income

$39,685$47,783

Median home value

$80,800$121,000

Median gross rent

$856$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
Under 5	6.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.9%
75 and over	7.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	25.9%
Black or African American	22.6%	41.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	9.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	8.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
Drove alone	70.7%	58.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.7%
Public transit	1.3%	5.6%
Walked	0.8%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.8%
Other means	2.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	47.4%	14.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	44.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	33.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Park	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	10.1%	29.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1967	1947