Cass County vs Harrison County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Harrison County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cass County and Harrison County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harrison County has the higher population (39,785 vs 37,703 in Cass County). Harrison County has the higher median household income ($72,468 vs $56,525 in Cass County). Harrison County has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $118,700 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Harrison County
Population	37,703	39,785
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,525	$72,468
Median home value	$118,700	$219,200
Median gross rent	$778	$861
Housing units	16,389	16,842
Homeownership rate	75.3%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Harrison County
Population	37,880 → 37,703 (-0.5%)	39,940 → 39,785 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$49,415 → $56,525 (+14.4%)	$57,712 → $72,468 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $118,700 (+32.9%)	$151,900 → $219,200 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $778 (+19.7%)	$732 → $861 (+17.6%)

Cass County

Population

37,88037,703

Median household income

$49,415$56,525

Median home value

$89,300$118,700

Median gross rent

$650$778

Harrison County

Population

39,94039,785

Median household income

$57,712$72,468

Median home value

$151,900$219,200

Median gross rent

$732$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Harrison County
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.4%
75 and over	7.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Harrison County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Harrison County
No high school diploma	14.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Harrison County
Drove alone	81.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Harrison County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Harrison County
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1955	1987