Atlanta vs Hartsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Atlanta and Hartsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atlanta has the higher population (1,738 vs 441 in Hartsburg). Hartsburg has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $64,091 in Atlanta). Atlanta has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $89,500 in Hartsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
Population	1,738	441
Median age	37.7 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,091	$72,500
Median home value	$123,400	$89,500
Median gross rent	$823	$1,055
Housing units	796	225
Homeownership rate	82.3%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
Population	2,063 → 1,738 (-15.8%)	264 → 441 (+67.0%)
Median household income	$50,859 → $64,091 (+26.0%)	$51,667 → $72,500 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $123,400 (+29.5%)	$80,700 → $89,500 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$681 → $1,055 (+54.9%)

Atlanta

Population

2,0631,738

Median household income

$50,859$64,091

Median home value

$95,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$745$823

Hartsburg

Population

264441

Median household income

$51,667$72,500

Median home value

$80,700$89,500

Median gross rent

$681$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
Under 5	8.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	17.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	20.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	4.1%
75 and over	7.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
Drove alone	78.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
1-unit, detached	87.7%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Hartsburg
Poverty rate	13.1%	0.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1960	1952