Hardwick vs Milledgeville

A side-by-side comparison of Hardwick and Milledgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Hardwick and Milledgeville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milledgeville has the higher population (16,873 vs 3,226 in Hardwick). Milledgeville has the higher median household income ($39,669 vs $36,447 in Hardwick). Milledgeville has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $101,300 in Hardwick).

Population, income & housing

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
Population	3,226	16,873
Median age	44.2 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,447	$39,669
Median home value	$101,300	$184,400
Median gross rent	$905	$850
Housing units	2,147	6,645
Homeownership rate	69.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
Population	3,329 → 3,226 (-3.1%)	18,738 → 16,873 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$24,361 → $36,447 (+49.6%)	$28,632 → $39,669 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $101,300 (+97.1%)	$121,900 → $184,400 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $905 (+47.6%)	$696 → $850 (+22.1%)

Hardwick

Population

3,3293,226

Median household income

$24,361$36,447

Median home value

$51,400$101,300

Median gross rent

$613$905

Milledgeville

Population

18,73816,873

Median household income

$28,632$39,669

Median home value

$121,900$184,400

Median gross rent

$696$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
Under 5	3.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	33.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.2%
75 and over	8.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	18.2%	48.1%
Black or African American	73.2%	42.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
No high school diploma	20.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	39.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
Drove alone	80.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.2%
Other means	1.8%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
1-unit, detached	55.8%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	19.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	36.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Hardwick	Milledgeville
Poverty rate	22.1%	41.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1979	1979