Harrisburg vs Progress

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

Harrisburg and Progress 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 11,143 in Progress). Progress has the higher median household income ($75,362 vs $47,783 in Harrisburg). Progress has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $121,000 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Progress
Population	50,092	11,143
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,783	$75,362
Median home value	$121,000	$192,000
Median gross rent	$996	$1,170
Housing units	24,496	4,899
Homeownership rate	36.5%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Progress
Population	49,209 → 50,092 (+1.8%)	10,094 → 11,143 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$39,685 → $47,783 (+20.4%)	$59,632 → $75,362 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $121,000 (+49.8%)	$155,100 → $192,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $996 (+16.4%)	$921 → $1,170 (+27.0%)

Harrisburg

Population

49,20950,092

Median household income

$39,685$47,783

Median home value

$80,800$121,000

Median gross rent

$856$996

Progress

Population

10,09411,143

Median household income

$59,632$75,362

Median home value

$155,100$192,000

Median gross rent

$921$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Progress
Under 5	7.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.9%
75 and over	4.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Progress
White (non-Hispanic)	25.9%	40.7%
Black or African American	41.5%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Progress
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	32.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Progress
Drove alone	58.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.3%
Public transit	5.6%	1.5%
Walked	9.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.8%	12.0%
Other means	2.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Progress
1-unit, detached	14.5%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	44.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	14.8%
20 or more units	14.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Progress
Poverty rate	29.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1947	1960