Hartford vs Indianola

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (15,918 vs 814 in Hartford). Indianola has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $77,917 in Hartford). Indianola has the higher median home value ($228,100 vs $170,900 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Indianola
Population	814	15,918
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,917	$78,125
Median home value	$170,900	$228,100
Median gross rent	$1,138	$966
Housing units	320	6,460
Homeownership rate	92.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Indianola
Population	775 → 814 (+5.0%)	15,802 → 15,918 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $77,917 (+20.5%)	$60,854 → $78,125 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $170,900 (+64.8%)	$163,300 → $228,100 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,138 (+1.9%)	$784 → $966 (+23.2%)

Hartford

Population

775814

Median household income

$64,688$77,917

Median home value

$103,700$170,900

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,138

Indianola

Population

15,80215,918

Median household income

$60,854$78,125

Median home value

$163,300$228,100

Median gross rent

$784$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Indianola
Under 5	5.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.2%
75 and over	3.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Indianola
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Indianola
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	41.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Indianola
Drove alone	78.1%	73.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	11.6%
Other means	3.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Indianola
1-unit, detached	73.1%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Indianola
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1974	1980