Hartford City vs Shamrock Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Hartford City and Shamrock Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Hartford City and Shamrock Lakes are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hartford City has the higher population (5,685 vs 237 in Shamrock Lakes). Shamrock Lakes has the higher median household income ($86,964 vs $36,868 in Hartford City). Shamrock Lakes has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $77,800 in Hartford City).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
Population	5,685	237
Median age	41.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,868	$86,964
Median home value	$77,800	$157,400
Median gross rent	$619	—
Housing units	3,117	97
Homeownership rate	68.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
Population	5,831 → 5,685 (-2.5%)	252 → 237 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$34,850 → $36,868 (+5.8%)	$54,583 → $86,964 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$60,500 → $77,800 (+28.6%)	$136,400 → $157,400 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $619 (-2.2%)	$1,088 → $1,000 (-8.1%)

Hartford City

Population

5,8315,685

Median household income

$34,850$36,868

Median home value

$60,500$77,800

Median gross rent

$633$619

Shamrock Lakes

Population

252237

Median household income

$54,583$86,964

Median home value

$136,400$157,400

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
Under 5	4.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	23.6%
75 and over	9.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	53.7%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
Drove alone	76.1%	92.4%
Carpooled	19.6%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
1-unit, detached	75.0%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartford City	Shamrock Lakes
Poverty rate	22.7%	3.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1957	1973