Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg population, 2020 to 2024

Harrisonburg lost 541 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -214. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Harrisonburg is 3.1 times that size.

Harrisonburg covers 17.34 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,951 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Harrisonburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Harrisonburg is in

All of Harrisonburg's residents live in Harrisonburg city, which had 51,164 residents in 2024. Harrisonburg holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harrisonburg

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Harrisonburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 22801, 22802, 22807. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Harrisonburg is

The Census internal point of Harrisonburg is at 38.436300, -78.873300. Richmond, the capital, is 99.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lynchburg, VA (80,301 people), 73.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 98.5 miles away.

Daylight in Harrisonburg

At 38.44° N, Harrisonburg gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harrisonburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Dayton, 3.9 miles away, with 1,756 people.