Harrisburg vs Middletown

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

Harrisburg and Middletown 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 9,567 in Middletown). Middletown has the higher median household income ($54,778 vs $47,783 in Harrisburg). Middletown has the higher median home value ($159,800 vs $121,000 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Middletown
Population	50,092	9,567
Median age	32.8 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,783	$54,778
Median home value	$121,000	$159,800
Median gross rent	$996	$1,145
Housing units	24,496	4,665
Homeownership rate	36.5%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Middletown
Population	49,209 → 50,092 (+1.8%)	9,315 → 9,567 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$39,685 → $47,783 (+20.4%)	$51,759 → $54,778 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $121,000 (+49.8%)	$119,700 → $159,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $996 (+16.4%)	$941 → $1,145 (+21.7%)

Harrisburg

Population

49,20950,092

Median household income

$39,685$47,783

Median home value

$80,800$121,000

Median gross rent

$856$996

Middletown

Population

9,3159,567

Median household income

$51,759$54,778

Median home value

$119,700$159,800

Median gross rent

$941$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Middletown
Under 5	7.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.1%
75 and over	4.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	25.9%	73.8%
Black or African American	41.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Middletown
No high school diploma	14.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Middletown
Drove alone	58.5%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	16.5%
Public transit	5.6%	0.4%
Walked	9.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	6.9%
Other means	2.8%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Middletown
1-unit, detached	14.5%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	44.1%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	15.6%
20 or more units	14.4%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Middletown
Poverty rate	29.1%	14.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1947	1960