Harrisburg, PA

Pennsylvania · Dauphin County · Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro

Harrisburg is a mid-size city in Pennsylvania with a population of 50,092. Residents earn $47,783 per year, which is 36% below the national average.

2.8 /5.0

C+ Fair

50,092 Population 6,169/sq mi density

$47,783 Median Income $27,779 per capita

$121,000 Home Value $258,294 Zillow

$996 Median Rent 27.5% income on rent

52°F Avg Temperature 275 sunny days/yr

901 Violent Crime/100K 2,173 property/100K

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Overall

2.8 / 5.0

Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

Economy

2.2 / 5.0

$47,783 median income, 6.3% unemployment

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Affordability

5.0 / 5.0

$121,000 home value, $996/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

901 violent crimes/100K (137% above avg)

Education

3.1 / 5.0

26.3% bachelor's degree or higher

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2 reported haunted locations found near Harrisburg, PA.

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Harrisburg State Hospital	Harrisburg State Hospital was an insane asylum for over 150 years. It admitted its first patient in 1851 as The Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital. It is located on the outskirts of city limits of Harrisburg on a 200 acre plot, most of which falls within Susquehanna Township lines. There is an entrance on Cameron St. across from the Farm Show complex and another one off of Elmerton Ave. A hiking and biking trail called the Capital Area Green Belt leads into another entrance in the Edgemont a...
IHS Nursing Home	The nursing home is said to be built over an old Indian Cemetery. The one left hallway in the nursing home's main floor is the only place that seems to be haunted. Items in rooms being thrown everywhere, noises coming from places. Once a nurse walked into a patients room and left, and a few minutes later came back in, and the patient she was treating said "where did that Indian boy go that was following you?". Also, one time a patient in a room seemed to be being suffocated, and her other roo...

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Harrisburg State Hospital

Harrisburg State Hospital was an insane asylum for over 150 years. It admitted its first patient in 1851 as The Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital. It is located on the outskirts of city limits of Harrisburg on a 200 acre plot, most of which falls within Susquehanna Township lines. There is an entrance on Cameron St. across from the Farm Show complex and another one off of Elmerton Ave. A hiking and biking trail called the Capital Area Green Belt leads into another entrance in the Edgemont a...

IHS Nursing Home

The nursing home is said to be built over an old Indian Cemetery. The one left hallway in the nursing home's main floor is the only place that seems to be haunted. Items in rooms being thrown everywhere, noises coming from places. Once a nurse walked into a patients room and left, and a few minutes later came back in, and the patient she was treating said "where did that Indian boy go that was following you?". Also, one time a patient in a room seemed to be being suffocated, and her other roo...

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