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Harrisonburg city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 36 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51660

Within Virginia
Harrisonburg city, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Harrisonburg city, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
50,839
-859 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
17.3
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
2,933
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Harrisonburg city
Harrisonburg city is its own seat.
Established
1779
246 years ago
Largest city
Harrisonburg city
Population 50,839.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Harrisonburg city with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Harrisonburg city, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 610 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Harrisonburg city ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population50,83936th of 1331,003rd of 3,144
Land area17.3 sq mi109th of 1333,119th of 3,144
Population density2,933 per sq mi13th of 13338th of 3,144
Median household income$62,25486th of 1331,869th of 3,143

Full data for Harrisonburg city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population50,839Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202051,698Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?51,808Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area17.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.05 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area17.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,933 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,254American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$299,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age25.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,360American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,667American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+329
621 births, 292 deaths
Net migration
-275
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The one area bordering Harrisonburg city

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Rockingham CountyVirginia23 mi89,316

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.