Harlan vs Spencerville

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

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

Harlan has the higher population (1,333 vs 322 in Spencerville). Harlan has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $43,542 in Spencerville). Harlan has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $141,700 in Spencerville).

Population, income & housing

	Harlan	Spencerville
Population	1,333	322
Median age	58.1 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$43,542
Median home value	$166,800	$141,700
Median gross rent	$939	—
Housing units	554	122
Homeownership rate	79.4%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlan	Spencerville
Population	1,622 → 1,333 (-17.8%)	296 → 322 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$60,566 → $73,214 (+20.9%)	—
Median home value	$117,700 → $166,800 (+41.7%)	$136,400 → $141,700 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $939 (+10.9%)	—

Harlan

Population

1,6221,333

Median household income

$60,566$73,214

Median home value

$117,700$166,800

Median gross rent

$847$939

Spencerville

Population

296322

Median home value

$136,400$141,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlan	Spencerville
Under 5	3.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	5.6%
35 to 44	20.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	2.6%	31.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	8.4%
65 to 74	26.3%	13.4%
75 and over	6.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlan	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlan	Spencerville
No high school diploma	11.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlan	Spencerville
Drove alone	66.4%	94.1%
Carpooled	19.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	5.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlan	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	86.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harlan	Spencerville
Poverty rate	5.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1976	1938