Hardy vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Hardy and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

Hardy and Sidney are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hardy has the higher population (853 vs 152 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $33,500 in Hardy). Sidney has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $59,300 in Hardy).

Population, income & housing

	Hardy	Sidney
Population	853	152
Median age	45.8 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,500	$49,375
Median home value	$59,300	$113,900
Median gross rent	$485	—
Housing units	783	76
Homeownership rate	70.7%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardy	Sidney
Population	597 → 853 (+42.9%)	179 → 152 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$26,071 → $33,500 (+28.5%)	$26,736 → $49,375 (+84.7%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $59,300 (-28.8%)	$74,000 → $113,900 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $485 (+3.4%)	—

Hardy

Population

597853

Median household income

$26,071$33,500

Median home value

$83,300$59,300

Median gross rent

$469$485

Sidney

Population

179152

Median household income

$26,736$49,375

Median home value

$74,000$113,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardy	Sidney
Under 5	5.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	17.2%	13.8%
75 and over	12.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardy	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardy	Sidney
No high school diploma	18.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	44.4%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardy	Sidney
Drove alone	78.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.6%
Other means	2.3%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardy	Sidney
1-unit, detached	85.8%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Hardy	Sidney
Poverty rate	25.9%	12.5%
Average household size	1.97	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1973	1978