Greencastle vs Heritage Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Greencastle and Heritage Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greencastle has the higher population (9,863 vs 2,913 in Heritage Lake). Heritage Lake has the higher median household income ($81,495 vs $54,217 in Greencastle). Heritage Lake has the higher median home value ($237,300 vs $154,000 in Greencastle).

Population, income & housing

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
Population	9,863	2,913
Median age	28.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,217	$81,495
Median home value	$154,000	$237,300
Median gross rent	$904	—
Housing units	3,805	1,564
Homeownership rate	41.1%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
Population	10,296 → 9,863 (-4.2%)	2,782 → 2,913 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$47,471 → $54,217 (+14.2%)	$69,205 → $81,495 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $154,000 (+45.7%)	$150,700 → $237,300 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $904 (+19.9%)	—

Greencastle

Population

10,2969,863

Median household income

$47,471$54,217

Median home value

$105,700$154,000

Median gross rent

$754$904

Heritage Lake

Population

2,7822,913

Median household income

$69,205$81,495

Median home value

$150,700$237,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
Under 5	4.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	10.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	29.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	29.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	99.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
Drove alone	66.7%	87.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
1-unit, detached	55.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greencastle	Heritage Lake
Poverty rate	8.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1971	1994