Cumming vs Hartford

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

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

Hartford has the higher population (814 vs 558 in Cumming). Cumming has the higher median household income ($160,357 vs $77,917 in Hartford). Cumming has the higher median home value ($486,400 vs $170,900 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Cumming	Hartford
Population	558	814
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,357	$77,917
Median home value	$486,400	$170,900
Median gross rent	$1,406	$1,138
Housing units	207	320
Homeownership rate	87.6%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumming	Hartford
Population	392 → 558 (+42.3%)	775 → 814 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $160,357 (+54.6%)	$64,688 → $77,917 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$354,700 → $486,400 (+37.1%)	$103,700 → $170,900 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,406 (+48.0%)	$1,117 → $1,138 (+1.9%)

Cumming

Population

392558

Median household income

$103,750$160,357

Median home value

$354,700$486,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,406

Hartford

Population

775814

Median household income

$64,688$77,917

Median home value

$103,700$170,900

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumming	Hartford
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.2%
75 and over	4.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumming	Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumming	Hartford
No high school diploma	1.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	16.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	43.4%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumming	Hartford
Drove alone	72.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumming	Hartford
1-unit, detached	97.1%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Cumming	Hartford
Poverty rate	2.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	2001	1974