Harrison City vs Laurel Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison City and Laurel Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Harrison City and Laurel Mountain are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laurel Mountain has the higher population (142 vs 117 in Harrison City). Laurel Mountain has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $22,750 in Harrison City). Since 2019, Harrison City's population has grown faster (+207.9% vs +12.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
Population	117	142
Median age	64.4 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,750	$71,250
Median home value	—	$218,200
Housing units	149	121
Homeownership rate	0.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
Population	38 → 117 (+207.9%)	126 → 142 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$21,103 → $22,750 (+7.8%)	$60,625 → $71,250 (+17.5%)
Median home value	—	$163,500 → $218,200 (+33.5%)

Harrison City

Population

38117

Median household income

$21,103$22,750

Laurel Mountain

Population

126142

Median household income

$60,625$71,250

Median home value

$163,500$218,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	2.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	24.8%	19.0%
75 and over	15.4%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	29.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
No high school diploma	17.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	63.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
Drove alone	100.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
1-unit, detached	58.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harrison City	Laurel Mountain
Poverty rate	24.8%	1.4%
Average household size	1.16	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1947