Harrison County vs LaGrange County

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

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

LaGrange County has the higher population (40,596 vs 39,785 in Harrison County). LaGrange County has the higher median household income ($83,741 vs $72,468 in Harrison County). LaGrange County has the higher median home value ($249,500 vs $219,200 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
Population	39,785	40,596
Median age	43.0 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,468	$83,741
Median home value	$219,200	$249,500
Median gross rent	$861	$816
Housing units	16,842	15,023
Homeownership rate	84.4%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
Population	39,940 → 39,785 (-0.4%)	39,193 → 40,596 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$57,712 → $72,468 (+25.6%)	$64,498 → $83,741 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $219,200 (+44.3%)	$195,900 → $249,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $861 (+17.6%)	$709 → $816 (+15.1%)

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

LaGrange County

Population

39,19340,596

Median household income

$64,498$83,741

Median home value

$195,900$249,500

Median gross rent

$709$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
Under 5	5.4%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
No high school diploma	8.2%	39.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
Drove alone	79.9%	48.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.5%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.1%
Other means	0.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
1-unit, detached	79.3%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	LaGrange County
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.59	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1987	1982