Hamburg vs Hardin

A side-by-side comparison of Hamburg and Hardin: population, income, housing, and more.

Hamburg and Hardin are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hardin has the higher population (792 vs 135 in Hamburg). Hardin has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $43,625 in Hamburg). Hardin has the higher median home value ($90,500 vs $75,400 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Hardin
Population	135	792
Median age	57.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,625	$85,417
Median home value	$75,400	$90,500
Median gross rent	—	$417
Housing units	106	359
Homeownership rate	91.5%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Hardin
Population	172 → 135 (-21.5%)	857 → 792 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $43,625 (+25.1%)	$39,063 → $85,417 (+118.7%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $75,400 (+7.7%)	$75,700 → $90,500 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$386 → $417 (+8.0%)

Hamburg

Population

172135

Median household income

$34,861$43,625

Median home value

$70,000$75,400

Hardin

Population

857792

Median household income

$39,063$85,417

Median home value

$75,700$90,500

Median gross rent

$386$417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamburg	Hardin
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	2.8%
45 to 54	1.5%	21.1%
55 to 64	28.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	20.7%	18.3%
75 and over	11.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Hardin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
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	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Hardin
No high school diploma	18.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	60.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Hardin
Drove alone	100.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Hardin
1-unit, detached	91.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Hardin
Poverty rate	18.5%	17.6%
Average household size	2.87	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	52
Median year structure built	1938	1964