La Harpe vs Warsaw

A side-by-side comparison of La Harpe and Warsaw: population, income, housing, and more.

La Harpe and Warsaw are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Warsaw has the higher population (1,511 vs 1,085 in La Harpe). Warsaw has the higher median household income ($58,074 vs $49,028 in La Harpe). Warsaw has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $84,200 in La Harpe).

Population, income & housing

	La Harpe	Warsaw
Population	1,085	1,511
Median age	50.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,028	$58,074
Median home value	$84,200	$90,700
Median gross rent	—	$769
Housing units	582	810
Homeownership rate	84.0%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	La Harpe	Warsaw
Population	1,319 → 1,085 (-17.7%)	1,690 → 1,511 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $49,028 (+20.1%)	$54,758 → $58,074 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $84,200 (+23.5%)	$82,700 → $90,700 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $475 (-27.9%)	$631 → $769 (+21.9%)

La Harpe

Population

1,3191,085

Median household income

$40,833$49,028

Median home value

$68,200$84,200

Median gross rent

$659$475

Warsaw

Population

1,6901,511

Median household income

$54,758$58,074

Median home value

$82,700$90,700

Median gross rent

$631$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	La Harpe	Warsaw
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	1.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	17.6%	23.1%
75 and over	11.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	La Harpe	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	La Harpe	Warsaw
No high school diploma	12.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	La Harpe	Warsaw
Drove alone	84.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	La Harpe	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	75.6%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	La Harpe	Warsaw
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.01	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1965	1971