Harrisville vs Pennsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Harrisville and Pennsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Harrisville and Pennsboro are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harrisville has the higher population (1,408 vs 1,227 in Pennsboro). Pennsboro has the higher median household income ($51,348 vs $45,988 in Harrisville). Harrisville has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $78,000 in Pennsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
Population	1,408	1,227
Median age	44.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,988	$51,348
Median home value	$115,000	$78,000
Median gross rent	$661	$822
Housing units	728	525
Homeownership rate	73.3%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
Population	2,111 → 1,408 (-33.3%)	1,076 → 1,227 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$34,745 → $45,988 (+32.4%)	$41,786 → $51,348 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $115,000 (+30.1%)	$56,500 → $78,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $661 (+0.6%)	$667 → $822 (+23.2%)

Harrisville

Population

2,1111,408

Median household income

$34,745$45,988

Median home value

$88,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$657$661

Pennsboro

Population

1,0761,227

Median household income

$41,786$51,348

Median home value

$56,500$78,000

Median gross rent

$667$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
Under 5	5.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.5%
75 and over	11.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
No high school diploma	8.2%	25.4%
High school graduate	46.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
Drove alone	78.5%	69.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	1.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
1-unit, detached	60.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Harrisville	Pennsboro
Poverty rate	27.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1969	1949