Hartford City vs Montpelier

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

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

Hartford City has the higher population (5,685 vs 1,444 in Montpelier). Montpelier has the higher median household income ($42,833 vs $36,868 in Hartford City). Hartford City has the higher median home value ($77,800 vs $77,100 in Montpelier).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford City	Montpelier
Population	5,685	1,444
Median age	41.1 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,868	$42,833
Median home value	$77,800	$77,100
Median gross rent	$619	$649
Housing units	3,117	858
Homeownership rate	68.0%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford City	Montpelier
Population	5,831 → 5,685 (-2.5%)	1,738 → 1,444 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$34,850 → $36,868 (+5.8%)	$39,313 → $42,833 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$60,500 → $77,800 (+28.6%)	$54,600 → $77,100 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $619 (-2.2%)	$660 → $649 (-1.7%)

Hartford City

Population

5,8315,685

Median household income

$34,850$36,868

Median home value

$60,500$77,800

Median gross rent

$633$619

Montpelier

Population

1,7381,444

Median household income

$39,313$42,833

Median home value

$54,600$77,100

Median gross rent

$660$649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford City	Montpelier
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.9%
75 and over	9.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford City	Montpelier
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford City	Montpelier
No high school diploma	9.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	53.7%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford City	Montpelier
Drove alone	76.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	19.6%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford City	Montpelier
1-unit, detached	75.0%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	9.3%
20 or more units	4.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Hartford City	Montpelier
Poverty rate	22.7%	24.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1957	1965