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Community Profiles

Virginia Employment Commission Community Profile

The Virginia Employment Commission’s profile highlights statistics for the City of Harrisonburg.

Virginia Economic Development Partnership Community Profile

A profile of the Harrisonburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (which includes the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County) produced by the state’s economic development organization. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership also publishes a profile of the Shenandoah Valley region.

American Community Survey 2019 5-Year Narrative Profile

The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis. The ACS provides up-to-date social, economic, housing, and demographic information. The ACS is the only source of local statistics for most of the 40 topics it covers, such as educational attainment, occupation, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and selected monthly homeowner costs.

“Harrisonburg provides an ideal context for the highly technical work we perform for the U.S. Government. We are ideally located next to many excellent colleges and universities, which provide exceptional talent, and close enough to DC and Northern Virginia that we can conveniently interface with our customer and partners. To me, it comes down to quality of life. Our employees have very short commutes and there are a plethora of activities in the area that suit almost every interest.”

Mike Goertzen, Sr. Program Manager, Serco

“As Rocco considered options for our expansion, we were pleased with the partnership that Harrisonburg Economic Development provided as we worked our way through plan reviews, permit approvals, and inspections. It was helpful to have an ombudsman guiding us through the process. We are excited that we have the opportunity to continue to grow and invest in Harrisonburg.”

Fontaine Canada, President, Rocco Building Supplies