Hartz Lake vs Medaryville

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

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

Medaryville has the higher population (749 vs 291 in Hartz Lake). Medaryville has the higher median household income ($82,632 vs $43,659 in Hartz Lake). Since 2019, Hartz Lake's population has grown faster (+11.9% vs +6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
Population	291	749
Median age	37.5 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,659	$82,632
Median home value	—	$73,700
Median gross rent	—	$800
Housing units	145	263
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
Population	260 → 291 (+11.9%)	701 → 749 (+6.8%)
Median household income	—	$35,208 → $82,632 (+134.7%)
Median home value	—	$60,500 → $73,700 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$665 → $800 (+20.3%)

Hartz Lake

Population

260291

Medaryville

Population

701749

Median household income

$35,208$82,632

Median home value

$60,500$73,700

Median gross rent

$665$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
Under 5	5.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	30.9%	37.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	38.5%	2.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	87.0%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
No high school diploma	30.8%	16.9%
High school graduate	10.3%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
Drove alone	43.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	56.1%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
1-unit, detached	34.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.5%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartz Lake	Medaryville
Poverty rate	56.4%	5.4%
Average household size	3.27	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1987	1938