Schools and Education
Students in the Harrisburg area are served by 43 public schools and 47 private schools in these school districts: Camp Hill, Central Dauphin, Cumberland Valley, East Pennsboro Area, Harrisburg City, Lower Dauphin, Mechanicsburg Area, Middletown Area, Steelton-Highspire, Susquehanna Township, Susquenita and West Shore.
The Harrisburg area also boasts many institutions of higher learning with colleges and universities including: Dickinson College, Elizabethtown College, Franklin & Marshall College, Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lebanon Valley College, Messiah College, Millersville University, Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Penn State Harrisburg, Penn State York, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and York College of Pennsylvania.
Transportation: Harrisburg is the center of transportation for South Central Pennsylvania and is served by Interstates 83, 81 and 78, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Highways 283, 11/15 and 22/322. Air travel is accessible via the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, the Capital City Executive Airport and the Harrisburg International Airport. Passenger rail service is available through Amtrak and local bus transportation is available through the Capital Area Transit system. Currently Harrisburg is developing a mass transit system called CorridorOne, which will link the city with Lancaster, PA (mid 2006) and Carlisle, PA (mid 2007).
Population: 48,950
Median Household Income: $26,920
Median Family Income: $29,556
Per Capita Income: $15,757
Latitude: 40°16'11" North
Longitude: 76°52'32" West