Harpster vs Sycamore

A side-by-side comparison of Harpster and Sycamore: population, income, housing, and more.

Harpster and Sycamore are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sycamore has the higher population (633 vs 273 in Harpster). Sycamore has the higher median household income ($49,583 vs $38,125 in Harpster). Harpster has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $111,100 in Sycamore).

Population, income & housing

	Harpster	Sycamore
Population	273	633
Median age	57.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,125	$49,583
Median home value	$134,900	$111,100
Median gross rent	—	$854
Housing units	148	370
Homeownership rate	89.9%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harpster	Sycamore
Population	169 → 273 (+61.5%)	841 → 633 (-24.7%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $38,125 (-9.4%)	$45,000 → $49,583 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $134,900 (+38.4%)	$78,900 → $111,100 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,047 (+23.2%)	$699 → $854 (+22.2%)

Harpster

Population

169273

Median household income

$42,083$38,125

Median home value

$97,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$850$1,047

Sycamore

Population

841633

Median household income

$45,000$49,583

Median home value

$78,900$111,100

Median gross rent

$699$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harpster	Sycamore
Under 5	4.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	4.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.4%
75 and over	26.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harpster	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	94.3%
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	16.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harpster	Sycamore
No high school diploma	2.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	65.1%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harpster	Sycamore
Drove alone	87.4%	89.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harpster	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	96.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Harpster	Sycamore
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.4%
Average household size	1.84	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938