Fountain City vs Hagerstown

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain City and Hagerstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hagerstown has the higher population (1,710 vs 718 in Fountain City). Hagerstown has the higher median household income ($59,350 vs $46,106 in Fountain City). Hagerstown has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $96,900 in Fountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
Population	718	1,710
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,106	$59,350
Median home value	$96,900	$115,600
Median gross rent	$647	$732
Housing units	370	756
Homeownership rate	75.9%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
Population	740 → 718 (-3.0%)	1,934 → 1,710 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$50,357 → $46,106 (-8.4%)	$56,522 → $59,350 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $96,900 (+24.1%)	$95,500 → $115,600 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $647 (-6.0%)	$746 → $732 (-1.9%)

Fountain City

Population

740718

Median household income

$50,357$46,106

Median home value

$78,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$688$647

Hagerstown

Population

1,9341,710

Median household income

$56,522$59,350

Median home value

$95,500$115,600

Median gross rent

$746$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.8%
75 and over	9.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	52.0%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
Drove alone	88.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
1-unit, detached	67.0%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain City	Hagerstown
Poverty rate	15.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1952	1943