Hartley vs Paullina

A side-by-side comparison of Hartley and Paullina: population, income, housing, and more.

Hartley and Paullina are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hartley has the higher population (1,588 vs 843 in Paullina). Paullina has the higher median household income ($57,308 vs $51,118 in Hartley). Paullina has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $108,400 in Hartley).

Population, income & housing

	Hartley	Paullina
Population	1,588	843
Median age	48.1 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,118	$57,308
Median home value	$108,400	$118,800
Median gross rent	$698	$810
Housing units	796	488
Homeownership rate	76.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartley	Paullina
Population	1,695 → 1,588 (-6.3%)	953 → 843 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$41,447 → $51,118 (+23.3%)	$64,125 → $57,308 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $108,400 (+36.5%)	$89,300 → $118,800 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $698 (+4.3%)	$680 → $810 (+19.1%)

Hartley

Population

1,6951,588

Median household income

$41,447$51,118

Median home value

$79,400$108,400

Median gross rent

$669$698

Paullina

Population

953843

Median household income

$64,125$57,308

Median home value

$89,300$118,800

Median gross rent

$680$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartley	Paullina
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.2%
75 and over	16.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartley	Paullina
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartley	Paullina
No high school diploma	11.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartley	Paullina
Drove alone	86.3%	87.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartley	Paullina
1-unit, detached	83.4%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartley	Paullina
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1958	1954