Harpster vs Wharton

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

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

Wharton has the higher population (377 vs 273 in Harpster). Wharton has the higher median household income ($62,734 vs $38,125 in Harpster). Harpster has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $97,500 in Wharton).

Population, income & housing

	Harpster	Wharton
Population	273	377
Median age	57.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,125	$62,734
Median home value	$134,900	$97,500
Median gross rent	—	$728
Housing units	148	164
Homeownership rate	89.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harpster	Wharton
Population	169 → 273 (+61.5%)	354 → 377 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $38,125 (-9.4%)	$51,094 → $62,734 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $134,900 (+38.4%)	$68,100 → $97,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,047 (+23.2%)	$683 → $728 (+6.6%)

Harpster

Population

169273

Median household income

$42,083$38,125

Median home value

$97,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$850$1,047

Wharton

Population

354377

Median household income

$51,094$62,734

Median home value

$68,100$97,500

Median gross rent

$683$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harpster	Wharton
Under 5	4.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	4.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	16.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.7%
75 and over	26.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harpster	Wharton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	98.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harpster	Wharton
No high school diploma	2.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	65.1%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harpster	Wharton
Drove alone	87.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harpster	Wharton
1-unit, detached	96.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Harpster	Wharton
Poverty rate	9.2%	15.7%
Average household size	1.84	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938