Harristown vs Warrensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Harristown and Warrensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harristown has the higher population (1,526 vs 1,076 in Warrensburg). Warrensburg has the higher median household income ($88,897 vs $74,018 in Harristown). Warrensburg has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $116,700 in Harristown).

Population, income & housing

	Harristown	Warrensburg
Population	1,526	1,076
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,018	$88,897
Median home value	$116,700	$141,100
Median gross rent	$825	$809
Housing units	577	473
Homeownership rate	86.9%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harristown	Warrensburg
Population	1,268 → 1,526 (+20.3%)	1,488 → 1,076 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$60,455 → $74,018 (+22.4%)	$64,107 → $88,897 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $116,700 (+26.0%)	$98,800 → $141,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $825 (+38.4%)	$619 → $809 (+30.7%)

Harristown

Population

1,2681,526

Median household income

$60,455$74,018

Median home value

$92,600$116,700

Median gross rent

$596$825

Warrensburg

Population

1,4881,076

Median household income

$64,107$88,897

Median home value

$98,800$141,100

Median gross rent

$619$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harristown	Warrensburg
Under 5	5.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	11.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	7.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.0%
75 and over	7.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harristown	Warrensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harristown	Warrensburg
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harristown	Warrensburg
Drove alone	85.8%	90.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harristown	Warrensburg
1-unit, detached	93.6%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	15.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Harristown	Warrensburg
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1962	1972