Hartford vs Marine

A side-by-side comparison of Hartford and Marine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hartford has the higher population (1,456 vs 1,181 in Marine). Marine has the higher median household income ($76,304 vs $39,364 in Hartford). Marine has the higher median home value ($165,100 vs $65,800 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Marine
Population	1,456	1,181
Median age	40.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,364	$76,304
Median home value	$65,800	$165,100
Median gross rent	$925	$880
Housing units	769	429
Homeownership rate	82.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Marine
Population	1,826 → 1,456 (-20.3%)	910 → 1,181 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$54,563 → $39,364 (-27.9%)	$65,192 → $76,304 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $65,800 (-13.9%)	$135,000 → $165,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $925 (+2.7%)	$675 → $880 (+30.4%)

Hartford

Population

1,8261,456

Median household income

$54,563$39,364

Median home value

$76,400$65,800

Median gross rent

$901$925

Marine

Population

9101,181

Median household income

$65,192$76,304

Median home value

$135,000$165,100

Median gross rent

$675$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Marine
Under 5	2.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	23.0%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.3%
75 and over	13.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Marine
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Marine
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	54.3%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Marine
Drove alone	81.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Marine
1-unit, detached	98.4%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Marine
Poverty rate	20.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1953	1970