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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Harrisburg median real estate price is $189,736, which is less expensive than 74.5% of Texas neighborhoods and 82.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Harrisburg is currently $1,396, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 76.0% of Texas neighborhoods.

Harrisburg is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Houston, Texas.

Harrisburg real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Harrisburg neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.

Harrisburg has a 12.4% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 71.8% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Houston, the Harrisburg neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Harrisburg neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.0% of all American neighborhoods.

Furthermore, more people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Harrisburg neighborhood than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 21.3% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the Harrisburg neighborhood has more Mexican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 77.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry.

Harrisburg is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 76.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Harrisburg neighborhood in Houston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the Harrisburg neighborhood, 46.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 42.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (7.4%), and 6.1% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Harrisburg neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 76.9% of households. Some people also speak English (23.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the Harrisburg neighborhood in Houston, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (77.8%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (1.6%), and residents who report African roots (1.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (1.5%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (1.5%), among others. In addition, 33.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Harrisburg neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (77.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (18.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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