Carlisle vs Farmersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Farmersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmersburg has the higher population (1,083 vs 610 in Carlisle). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($52,143 vs $51,667 in Farmersburg). Farmersburg has the higher median home value ($73,200 vs $59,500 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
Population	610	1,083
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,143	$51,667
Median home value	$59,500	$73,200
Median gross rent	$803	$682
Housing units	335	497
Homeownership rate	74.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
Population	660 → 610 (-7.6%)	1,180 → 1,083 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $52,143 (+32.4%)	$41,042 → $51,667 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $59,500 (+9.6%)	$79,400 → $73,200 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $803 (+30.8%)	$613 → $682 (+11.3%)

Carlisle

Population

660610

Median household income

$39,375$52,143

Median home value

$54,300$59,500

Median gross rent

$614$803

Farmersburg

Population

1,1801,083

Median household income

$41,042$51,667

Median home value

$79,400$73,200

Median gross rent

$613$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
Under 5	11.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	22.6%	20.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.9%
75 and over	5.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.6%
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	2.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
No high school diploma	3.0%	17.5%
High school graduate	56.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
Drove alone	84.1%	84.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
1-unit, detached	93.4%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Farmersburg
Poverty rate	17.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1957	1967