Hartley vs Primghar

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

Hartley and Primghar 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 965 in Primghar). Primghar has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $51,118 in Hartley). Primghar has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $108,400 in Hartley).

Population, income & housing

	Hartley	Primghar
Population	1,588	965
Median age	48.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,118	$77,813
Median home value	$108,400	$135,500
Median gross rent	$698	$975
Housing units	796	419
Homeownership rate	76.2%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartley	Primghar
Population	1,695 → 1,588 (-6.3%)	882 → 965 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$41,447 → $51,118 (+23.3%)	$53,750 → $77,813 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $108,400 (+36.5%)	$75,600 → $135,500 (+79.2%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $698 (+4.3%)	$595 → $975 (+63.9%)

Hartley

Population

1,6951,588

Median household income

$41,447$51,118

Median home value

$79,400$108,400

Median gross rent

$669$698

Primghar

Population

882965

Median household income

$53,750$77,813

Median home value

$75,600$135,500

Median gross rent

$595$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartley	Primghar
Under 5	3.7%	10.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.4%
75 and over	16.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartley	Primghar
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartley	Primghar
No high school diploma	11.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartley	Primghar
Drove alone	86.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartley	Primghar
1-unit, detached	83.4%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartley	Primghar
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1958	1961