Harrison Lake vs Petersville

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison Lake and Petersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrison Lake has the higher population (193 vs 128 in Petersville). Harrison Lake has the higher median home value ($788,200 vs $155,000 in Petersville). Since 2019, Harrison Lake's population has grown faster (-24.0% vs -31.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
Population	193	128
Median age	73.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,750
Median home value	$788,200	$155,000
Housing units	160	58
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.9%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
Population	254 → 193 (-24.0%)	188 → 128 (-31.9%)
Median household income	—	$42,196 → $73,750 (+74.8%)
Median home value	$612,200 → $788,200 (+28.7%)	$94,100 → $155,000 (+64.7%)

Harrison Lake

Population

254193

Median home value

$612,200$788,200

Petersville

Population

188128

Median household income

$42,196$73,750

Median home value

$94,100$155,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	48.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	48.2%	34.4%
75 and over	39.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	6.2%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	9.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	51.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
Drove alone	100.0%	67.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	32.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harrison Lake	Petersville
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.7%
Average household size	1.99	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1958	1981