Metro area · CBSA 25420
Harrisburg
The Harrisburg, PA metro area has 604,155 people. Median rent is $1,212, 18.0% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Dauphin County at $1,598. Of the 55 places we track here, Messiah College has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$80,919
Median home value
$253,100
Unemployment
4.0%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,598
HUD, Dauphin County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg | 50,287 | $1,062 | 26.5% |
| Carlisle | 21,852 | $1,094 | 21.3% |
| Colonial Park | 18,032 | $1,392 | 22.8% |
| Hershey | 14,242 | $1,268 | 19.4% |
| Progress | 11,017 | $1,233 | 20.3% |
| Mechanicsburg | 9,720 | $1,083 | 15.4% |
| Middletown | 9,632 | $1,234 | 26.6% |
| Camp Hill | 8,169 | $1,287 | 13.3% |
| Lower Allen | 7,646 | $1,171 | 15.9% |
| New Cumberland | 7,580 | $980 | 14.3% |
| Linglestown | 6,957 | $1,618 | 21.0% |
| Rutherford | 6,890 | $1,155 | 16.6% |
| Enola | 6,534 | $1,091 | 18.1% |
| Steelton | 6,296 | $1,289 | 26.6% |
| Shippensburg | 5,620 | $891 | 20.8% |
| Schlusser | 5,402 | $975 | 12.7% |
| Lawnton | 4,765 | $999 | 14.1% |
| Lemoyne | 4,742 | $993 | 19.2% |
| Skyline View | 4,704 | $1,897 | 23.2% |
| Hummelstown | 4,527 | $1,133 | 21.5% |
| Paxtonia | 4,074 | $1,387 | 16.2% |
| Boiling Springs | 3,334 | $1,230 | 11.6% |
| Penbrook | 3,266 | $987 | 19.0% |
| Wormleysburg | 3,077 | $1,426 | 19.4% |
| Highspire | 2,732 | $1,041 | 23.7% |
| Marysville | 2,681 | $799 | 13.9% |
| Millersburg | 2,531 | $812 | 17.9% |
| Mount Holly Springs | 2,373 | $963 | 17.7% |
| Messiah College | 2,329 | $1,249 | 6.0% |
| Shippensburg University | 2,071 | $709 | 40.8% |
| Bressler | 2,060 | $1,343 | 21.2% |
| Lykens | 1,878 | $1,217 | 19.9% |
| Shiremanstown | 1,777 | $1,067 | 17.0% |
| Paxtang | 1,662 | $1,091 | 15.0% |
| Newport | 1,621 | $938 | 17.9% |
| Palmdale | 1,542 | $1,436 | 27.5% |
| Duncannon | 1,391 | $808 | 19.0% |
| Elizabethville | 1,350 | $825 | 14.4% |
| Williamstown | 1,345 | $888 | 17.3% |
| Newville | 1,283 | $957 | 19.4% |
| West Fairview | 1,208 | $1,127 | 17.7% |
| Enhaut | 1,197 | $1,084 | 17.6% |
| Bloomfield | 1,090 | $1,049 | 17.1% |
| Dauphin | 1,075 | $1,136 | 17.9% |
| Royalton | 941 | $1,106 | 19.7% |
| Liverpool | 850 | $798 | 16.1% |
| Union Deposit | 808 | $1,799 | 28.3% |
| Lenkerville | 775 | $632 | 17.0% |
| New Kingstown | 748 | $1,146 | 28.4% |
| Gratz | 745 | $768 | 12.1% |
| Millerstown | 736 | $735 | 9.6% |
| Wiconsico | 734 | $1,217 | 20.5% |
| Carlisle Barracks | 730 | $2,549 | 24.2% |
| Loysville | 587 | $421 | 10.7% |
| Halifax | 515 | $904 | 20.3% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.