Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety82#171/924
Economy81#177/925
Housing63#341/925
Health81#176/925
Healthcare80#185/923
Environment13#798/917
Education78#205/925
Infrastructure89#107/925
Community92#77/925
Leisure & amenities54#425/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low14 mi
92/100Pennsylvania 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Social associations · high15.4 /10k
89/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · low9.2 /100k
85/100Pennsylvania 9.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · high88 /100k
85/100Pennsylvania 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · high$1,297
85/100Pennsylvania $1,429United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Flu vaccinations · high50.1%
84/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.8 µg/m³
12/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · high37.0%
14/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low23.6%
19/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
20/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.18%
24/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Restaurants and bars · low7.2 /10k
29/100Pennsylvania 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 44% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+44 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
70.8% (2010 & 2021) → 85.5% (2022 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
24.3% (2020 & 2021) → 37.0% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
25.2 /100k (2021) → 10.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−58%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
21.7% (Dec 2021) → 30.1% (Aug 2026)
+8.4 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.7% (2015-2019) → 90.9% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area improved on 15 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 6 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Overdose deaths−63%28.7 /100k → 10.5 /100k
Violent crime−34%258 /100k → 171 /100k
Traffic deaths−10%10.3 /100k → 9.2 /100k
Arts & recreation+19%3.4 /10k → 4.1 /10k
Gyms+18%1.1 /10k → 1.3 /10k

Declined8

Suicides+52%10.2 /100k → 15.5 /100k
Firearm deaths+35%8.9 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Restaurants−9.5%7.9 /10k → 7.2 /10k
Libraries−5.9%0.4 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Transit use−0.6 points1.3% → 0.7%

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.4 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	73%
Average commute time	23.1 min2015-2019	22.5 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Average weekly wage	$1,1292020	$1,2972025	+15%	Improved	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	69%
Broadband subscriptions	82.7%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	41%
Child poverty rate	15.0%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Improved	45%
Distance to an airport	14 mi2020	14 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	11%
Drug overdose deaths	28.7 /100k2020	10.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−63%	Improved	93%
Effective property tax rate	1.40%2015-2019	1.18%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	77%
Firearm deaths	8.9 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+35%	Declined	15%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−1.9%	Little change	43%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+18%	Improved	68%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	68%
Homicide rate	5.4 /100k2020	3.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Improved	69%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,0682019	$67,0792024	+22%	Improved	2%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.4422020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	38%
Median household income	$64,9162015-2019	$80,9192020-2024	+25%	Improved	36%
New business applications	8.7 /1k2020	12.0 /1k2025	+38%	Improved	38%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−15%	Declined	33%
Poverty rate	9.8%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Property crime rate	1,186 /100k2020	900 /100k2025	−24%	Improved	31%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−5.9%	Declined	21%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	30%
Rent as share of income	27.0%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	43.0%2015-2019	43.9%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Restaurants and bars	7.9 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	−9.5%	Declined	13%
Suicide rate	10.2 /100k2020	15.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+52%	Declined	7%
Traffic deaths	10.3 /100k2015-2019	9.2 /100k2020-2024	−10%	Improved	77%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	3.9%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	69%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Declined	23%
Violent crime rate	258 /100k2020	171 /100k2025	−34%	Improved	80%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area itself moved +0.4 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

604,155 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

604,155 residents

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

White72%435,253
Black9.7%58,497
Hispanic or Latino8.1%49,005

Education

421,449 residents (±167)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

No high school diploma7.8%32,934
High school or GED32%135,493
Some college15%64,331

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

246,084 households (±979)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

Under $25k13%30,919
$25k–50k16%40,389
$50k–75k17%42,326
$75k–100k14%34,380
$100k–150k20%48,504
$150k–200k9.3%22,957
$200k or more11%26,609

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−5.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

246,084 households (±979)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

Own68%167,452
Rent32%78,632

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

75,336 households (±1,906)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

Under $75014%10,885
$750–1,00018%13,528
$1,000–1,50038%28,893

Home values

167,452 homes (±1,850)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

Under $150k18%29,714
$150k–250k31%52,687
$250k–400k30%50,352

Age of homes

259,155 homes (±186)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

2010 or later9.4%24,266
2000–200911%27,608
1980–199923%58,447

Size of homes

259,155 homes (±186)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

Studio1.9%4,992
1 bedroom9.6%24,879
2 bedrooms24%62,519

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

294,298 workers (±2,344)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

Drive alone70%206,215
Carpool7.2%21,090
Public transit0.7%2,184
Walk3.0%8,912
Bike0.3%979
Work from home17%50,311
Other1.6%4,607

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+11.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

243,987 workers (±2,810)

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area
United States share

Under 15 min31%74,995
15–29 min42%103,531
30–44 min17%41,495

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA employ 84,920 people. 2 pay a median above the US median and 8 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides13,040 jobs	13,040	$29,050US $35,800	−19%	1.41×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand11,760 jobs	11,760	$43,640US $40,240	+8%	1.85×
Registered Nurses9,210 jobs	9,210	$96,770US $97,550	−1%	1.26×
Stockers and Order Fillers8,240 jobs	8,240	$36,790US $37,330	−1%	1.35×
General and Operations Managers8,180 jobs	8,180	$101,890US $105,770	−4%	1.08×
Fast Food and Counter Workers8,030 jobs	8,030	$28,070US $31,200	−10%	0.97×
Retail Salespersons7,640 jobs	7,640	$30,500US $35,410	−14%	0.91×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers6,800 jobs	6,800	$61,520US $58,640	+5%	1.53×
Office Clerks, General6,380 jobs	6,380	$44,100US $45,010	−2%	1.2×
Cashiers5,640 jobs	5,640	$29,330US $32,880	−11%	0.85×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA has 14,274 employer establishments, 235 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248), with 295,219 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,880. The Census Bureau also counts 44,690 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 14,274; 44,690 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 235; US 248
Paid employees: 295,219
Average annual pay: $60,880; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,218	20	0.96×About typical	24,866	$73,661	1,747
Restaurants and other eating places	1,030	16.9	0.92×About typical	17,206	$21,148	289
Specialty trade contractors	671	11	0.71×Fewer than typical	8,568	$75,117	2,581
Religious organizations	541	8.9	1.60×More than typical	3,613	$25,123	—
Limited-service restaurants	490	8.1	1.00×About typical	7,061	$18,591	149
Offices of physicians	459	7.5	1.16×About typical	9,656	$103,352	296
Lessors of real estate	437	7.2	0.58×Fewer than typical	2,098	$63,989	4,460
Full-service restaurants	428	7	0.92×About typical	8,692	$23,483	91
Personal care services	422	6.9	1.45×More than typical	1,921	$31,666	1,393
Services to buildings and dwellings	376	6.2	0.92×About typical	3,200	$32,775	2,408
Construction of buildings	360	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	3,697	$76,963	1,223
Truck transportation	319	5.2	1.04×About typical	9,901	$66,518	1,971

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 608,434 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $844.2M on contracts performed in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area: $1,367 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $844.2M; −34% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,367; US $2,007
Sole-source: 7.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.6%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Health Agency$372M44%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$177.6M21%
Department of the Navy$64.8M7.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$47.4M5.6%
Department of the Army$41.6M4.9%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer$37.5M4.4%
Defense Information Systems Agency$28.5M3.4%
Department of the Air Force$14.2M1.7%

Top recipients

UNITED CONCORDIA COMPANIES, INC.$372M44%
NOVITAS SOLUTIONS, INC.$177.6M21%
SUMMIT TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING GROUP, LLC$37.5M4.4%
ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$21.2M2.5%
HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$13.3M1.6%

Spending by fiscal year

946.2MFY2017
1.3BFY2018
1.6BFY2019
1.5BFY2020
1.9BFY2021
1.5BFY2022
1.1BFY2023
1.5B

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$523M62%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$137.9M16%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$37M4.4%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$27.5M3.3%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$25.6M3.0%

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO OBTAIN SERVICES FOR THE JURISDICTION H (PART A AND B) MEDICARE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTOR (MAC). THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIED HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES, INCLUDING MEDICARE CLAIMS PROCESSING AND PAYMENT SERVICES, IN SUPPORT OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM (ALSO KNOWN AS THE MEDICARE FEE-FOR-SERVICE, OR FFS, PROGRAM) FOR JURISDICTION H. JURISDICTION H INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATES: ARKANSAS, COLORADO, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, AND TEXAS.$952.7M
NOVITAS SOLUTIONS, INC.· Cumberland County, PA· Education & social services· May 30, 2019 – Aug 31, 2026· 75FCMC19C0018
JURISDICTION H A/B MAC CONTRACT$861.1M
NOVITAS SOLUTIONS, INC.· Cumberland County, PA· Education & social services· Oct 7, 2016 – Apr 9, 2026· HHSM5002012M0001Z
ACTIVE DUTY DENTAL PROGRAM 3 (ADDP3)$547.2M
UNITED CONCORDIA COMPANIES, INC.· Cumberland County, PA

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $105.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area: $170,356 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $105.2B; −2.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $170,356; US $12,975
Loan face value: $440.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$54.9B52%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$45B43%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.5B2.4%
97.036 · Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters)$629.6M0.6%
20.264 · Bridge Investment Program$500M0.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$310.5M0.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$288.2M0.3%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$283.2M0.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY$698.8M0.7%
HARRISBURG, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$545.1M0.5%
HARRISBURG, PA
HARRISBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY$29.4M0.0%
HARRISBURG, PA
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY$24.4M0.0%
HARRISBURG, PA
THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$100.2B95%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$3.1B2.9%
Federal Emergency Management Agency$698.8M0.7%
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Highway Administration$546.5M0.5%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

88.9BFY2021
81.4BFY2022
97.1BFY2023
102.5BFY2024
108.4BFY2025
105.2BFY2026

County aggregates

99%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Pennsylvania

Areas based in Pennsylvania, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Pennsylvania

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined8

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought