Harlan vs New Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Harlan and New Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Harlan and New Haven are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Haven has the higher population (15,339 vs 1,333 in Harlan). Harlan has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $67,121 in New Haven). Harlan has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $151,200 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Harlan	New Haven
Population	1,333	15,339
Median age	58.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$67,121
Median home value	$166,800	$151,200
Median gross rent	$939	$947
Housing units	554	6,684
Homeownership rate	79.4%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlan	New Haven
Population	1,622 → 1,333 (-17.8%)	16,279 → 15,339 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$60,566 → $73,214 (+20.9%)	$51,306 → $67,121 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $166,800 (+41.7%)	$103,400 → $151,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $939 (+10.9%)	$822 → $947 (+15.2%)

Harlan

Population

1,6221,333

Median household income

$60,566$73,214

Median home value

$117,700$166,800

Median gross rent

$847$939

New Haven

Population

16,27915,339

Median household income

$51,306$67,121

Median home value

$103,400$151,200

Median gross rent

$822$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlan	New Haven
Under 5	3.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	20.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	2.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	26.3%	11.1%
75 and over	6.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlan	New Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlan	New Haven
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	38.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlan	New Haven
Drove alone	66.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	19.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.5%	4.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlan	New Haven
1-unit, detached	86.1%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Harlan	New Haven
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1976	1974