Harrisburg, North Carolina

Harrisburg population, 2020 to 2024

Harrisburg added 1,422 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.5%. In the latest year it moved by +373. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Harrisburg is 1.4 times that size.

Harrisburg covers 12.57 square miles of land, for 1,618 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Harrisburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Harrisburg is in

All of Harrisburg's residents live in Cabarrus County, which had 244,925 residents in 2024. Harrisburg holds 8.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harrisburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harrisburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28075. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Harrisburg is

The Census internal point of Harrisburg is at 35.307500, -80.645600. Raleigh, the capital, is 117.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Concord, NC (112,395 people), 5.9 miles away.

Daylight in Harrisburg

At 35.31° N, Harrisburg gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harrisburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Concord, 5.9 miles away, with 112,395 people.