Midtown
Streets to know: N 3rd Street, Front Street · Historic 19th-century rowhomes & brownstones
The city's walkable arts district — Broad Street Market, Millworks, murals, and the strongest rowhome demand in Harrisburg.
Neighborhood Directory
Harrisburg Area Neighborhoods — City, Susquehanna & Lower Paxton
Harrisburg is a city of named places — from PA's first planned community to a rowhouse district older than the Capitol. Add Susquehanna Township's river villages and Lower Paxton's suburban grid and you get the region's widest neighborhood spread.
Harrisburg
Shipoke
Streets to know: S 2nd Street, Washington Street · Tiny 19th-century rowhouse district
Harrisburg's oldest neighborhood — riverfront charm with flood-savvy owners.
Downtown / Capitol District
Streets to know: Market Square (2nd & Market), Forster Street border · Rowhomes, condos & converted lofts
Restaurant Row energy beside the Capitol complex.
South of Market (SoMa)
Streets to know: Market Street corridor to I-83 · Urban rowhouse & mixed-use
The emerging downtown-adjacent district brand.
Uptown
Streets to know: Front Street, Maclay Street north · Early-20th-century rowhomes & singles
Riverfront living along the Capital Area Greenbelt.
Allison Hill
Streets to know: Market Street through; Herr St & 19th St borders · Dense late-1800s Victorian rowhomes
The city's largest neighborhood — North, Central, and South sections, Reservoir Park festivals, and serious investor activity.
South Harrisburg / Cloverly Heights
Streets to know: between I-83 and the river · Early-20th-century workers' rowhomes
Hillside pocket near Riverfront Park's south end.
Harrisburg (East)
Bellevue Park
Streets to know: Market & Chestnut Streets at 21st Street · 1907 architect-designed Colonial & Tudor Revival on wooded lanes
Pennsylvania's first fully planned residential community, landscape by Warren Manning — the city's hidden estate enclave.
Harrisburg (Uptown)
Italian Lake
Streets to know: N 3rd Street / Front Street at the lake · 1920s–30s brick singles & semis
Facing the lake park and its summer concerts — a city prestige address.
Riverside
Streets to know: N Front Street corridor · Early-20th-century detached homes
Quiet river-adjacent enclave at the city's northern tip.
Camp Curtin
Streets to know: between 7th & Maclay Streets · Late-19th/early-20th-century rowhomes
Named for the Civil War's largest Union training camp.
Landmark
Streets to know: Uptown grid toward 7th Street · Rowhome blocks
Small named Uptown pocket on the city's official map.
Harrisburg (Riverside)
Academy Manor
Streets to know: off N Front Street, northern city line · Early-20th-century planned plat with deed-controlled lots
One of Harrisburg's first regulated suburban subdivisions.
Harrisburg (Midtown)
Capitol Heights
Streets to know: Forster to Maclay, near 5th–7th Streets · 1990s–2000s infill townhomes among older rows
A redevelopment success story blocks from the Capitol.
Engleton
Streets to know: Midtown grid off N 3rd Street · Victorian-era rowhomes
Historic Midtown pocket neighborhood.
Fox Ridge
Streets to know: Midtown, 7th Street side · Townhome & rowhome blocks
Named Midtown sub-neighborhood on the city plan.
Harrisburg (Central Allison Hill)
Summit Terrace
Streets to know: off the Market Street corridor · Intact turn-of-century rowhouse streetscapes
Harrisburg's only Architectural Conservation Overlay District.
Susquehanna Township
Progress
Streets to know: Progress Avenue, US 22 (Jonestown Road) · 1815 village core, postwar suburban surround
The township's commercial-residential hub and namesake of Progress Fire Co.
Rockville
Streets to know: N Front Street / US 22-322 · Older village homes, settled 1774
Overlooks Rockville Bridge — the world's longest stone-arch rail span.
Estherton
Streets to know: N Front Street riverfront · Riverfront village, roots to 1757
One of Dauphin County's oldest settlements (originally Coxestown).
Edgemont
Streets to know: off N Progress / Elmerton Avenue · Older residential community
Established township pocket near the city line.
Lucknow
Streets to know: rail-yard side, near Industrial Road · Small historic workers' community
Named for the Lucknow rail yards.
Montrose Park
Streets to know: off N 6th / Division Street · Early-suburban plat
City-line community beside Uptown Harrisburg.
Paxtang Manor
Streets to know: near US 22 corridor · Mid-century plat
Postwar township staple.
Beaufort Farms
Streets to know: off Linglestown Road (PA-39) · Postwar ranches & colonials on a former farm
One of the township's best-known named developments.
Green Acres
Streets to know: northern township · Post-WWII subdivision
Building-boom neighborhood documented in township history.
Bonneyview
Streets to know: former Bonitz farm tract · Post-WWII subdivision
Classic 1950s township plat.
Latshmere Manor
Streets to know: Latshmere Avenue, off Progress Avenue area · 1950s tract homes
Post-WWII boom subdivision with its namesake avenue.
Lower Paxton Township
Colonial Park
Streets to know: US 22 (Jonestown Road) & Colonial Road · Mid-century ranches, split-levels & colonials
The township's densest community (~13,000 residents) around the Colonial Commons retail hub.
Paxtonia
Streets to know: Jonestown Road between Colonial Park & Linglestown · 20th-century singles, larger lots
Central Dauphin schools near Paxton Towne Centre.
Linglestown
Streets to know: Linglestown Road (PA-39) at the square · 1765 village core ringed by newer suburbs
The historic square and its seasonal events.
Stray Winds Farm
Streets to know: off Linglestown Road near I-81 · New-construction singles (Ryan Homes), quarter-acre+ lots
One of the township's largest active new communities.
Highlands of Heatherfield
Streets to know: off Union Deposit / Nyes Road · Townhomes & singles
Central Dauphin SD community in the township's growth belt.
Autumn Oaks, Ridge & Fields
Streets to know: township growth corridors · 1990s–2000s singles (three related plats)
The 'Autumn' trio of established subdivisions on the township plan.
Blue Meadows
Streets to know: township plan · Suburban development
Established named subdivision in zoning records.
Hearthside
Streets to know: township plan · Suburban development
Established named subdivision in zoning records.