Harrisburg is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 50,012 people and 36 associated neighborhoods, Harrisburg is the 11th largest community in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Harrisburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Harrisburg is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Harrisburg who work in office and administrative support (11.86%), sales jobs (9.07%), and management occupations (8.78%). Also of interest is that Harrisburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.84% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Many people in Harrisburg take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Harrisburg citizens for affordable transportation.The percentage of people in Harrisburg who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.30% of adults in Harrisburg have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Harrisburg in 2022 was $27,779, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,116 for a family of four. However, Harrisburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Harrisburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harrisburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harrisburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Harrisburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.01% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Harrisburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Harrisburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
