Francesville vs Hartz Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Francesville and Hartz Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Francesville has the higher population (966 vs 291 in Hartz Lake). Francesville has the higher median household income ($65,469 vs $43,659 in Hartz Lake). Since 2019, Hartz Lake's population has grown faster (+11.9% vs +6.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
Population	966	291
Median age	38.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,469	$43,659
Median home value	$113,600	—
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	377	145
Homeownership rate	75.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
Population	908 → 966 (+6.4%)	260 → 291 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $65,469 (+9.1%)	—
Median home value	$97,100 → $113,600 (+17.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$583 → $825 (+41.5%)	—

Francesville

Population

908966

Median household income

$60,000$65,469

Median home value

$97,100$113,600

Median gross rent

$583$825

Hartz Lake

Population

260291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
Under 5	7.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	30.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	3.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	38.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.5%
75 and over	5.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	97.9%
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	1.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
No high school diploma	9.9%	30.8%
High school graduate	42.1%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
Drove alone	76.7%	43.9%
Carpooled	20.7%	56.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
1-unit, detached	86.5%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	65.5%

Poverty & households

	Francesville	Hartz Lake
Poverty rate	22.1%	56.4%
Average household size	2.82	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1958	1987