Hartford vs Venice

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

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

Venice has the higher population (1,682 vs 1,456 in Hartford). Hartford has the higher median household income ($39,364 vs $34,609 in Venice). Hartford has the higher median home value ($65,800 vs $54,000 in Venice).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Venice
Population	1,456	1,682
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,364	$34,609
Median home value	$65,800	$54,000
Median gross rent	$925	$898
Housing units	769	955
Homeownership rate	82.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	19.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Venice
Population	1,826 → 1,456 (-20.3%)	2,127 → 1,682 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$54,563 → $39,364 (-27.9%)	$27,981 → $34,609 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $65,800 (-13.9%)	$41,900 → $54,000 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $925 (+2.7%)	$685 → $898 (+31.1%)

Hartford

Population

1,8261,456

Median household income

$54,563$39,364

Median home value

$76,400$65,800

Median gross rent

$901$925

Venice

Population

2,1271,682

Median household income

$27,981$34,609

Median home value

$41,900$54,000

Median gross rent

$685$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Venice
Under 5	2.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	21.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.8%
75 and over	13.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Venice
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	4.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	83.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Venice
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.3%
High school graduate	54.3%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Venice
Drove alone	81.9%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	1.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Venice
1-unit, detached	98.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Venice
Poverty rate	20.2%	39.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1953	1961