Hartford vs St. Jacob

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

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

St. Jacob has the higher population (1,617 vs 1,456 in Hartford). St. Jacob has the higher median household income ($107,188 vs $39,364 in Hartford). St. Jacob has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $65,800 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	St. Jacob
Population	1,456	1,617
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,364	$107,188
Median home value	$65,800	$192,400
Median gross rent	$925	$1,260
Housing units	769	557
Homeownership rate	82.8%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	St. Jacob
Population	1,826 → 1,456 (-20.3%)	1,406 → 1,617 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$54,563 → $39,364 (-27.9%)	$80,742 → $107,188 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $65,800 (-13.9%)	$158,700 → $192,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $925 (+2.7%)	$1,136 → $1,260 (+10.9%)

Hartford

Population

1,8261,456

Median household income

$54,563$39,364

Median home value

$76,400$65,800

Median gross rent

$901$925

St. Jacob

Population

1,4061,617

Median household income

$80,742$107,188

Median home value

$158,700$192,400

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	St. Jacob
Under 5	2.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	26.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	4.9%
75 and over	13.3%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	St. Jacob
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.0%
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%	3.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	St. Jacob
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	54.3%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	St. Jacob
Drove alone	81.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	St. Jacob
1-unit, detached	98.4%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	St. Jacob
Poverty rate	20.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.14	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1953	1995