Hartford vs Lacona

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

Hartford and Lacona 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 307 in Lacona). Hartford has the higher median household income ($77,917 vs $70,647 in Lacona). Hartford has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $92,500 in Lacona).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Lacona
Population	814	307
Median age	37.1 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,917	$70,647
Median home value	$170,900	$92,500
Median gross rent	$1,138	$800
Housing units	320	180
Homeownership rate	92.5%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Lacona
Population	775 → 814 (+5.0%)	318 → 307 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $77,917 (+20.5%)	$52,500 → $70,647 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $170,900 (+64.8%)	$88,000 → $92,500 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,138 (+1.9%)	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)

Hartford

Population

775814

Median household income

$64,688$77,917

Median home value

$103,700$170,900

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,138

Lacona

Population

318307

Median household income

$52,500$70,647

Median home value

$88,000$92,500

Median gross rent

$617$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Lacona
Under 5	5.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	10.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	24.4%
75 and over	3.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Lacona
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Lacona
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	41.6%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Lacona
Drove alone	78.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	5.7%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Lacona
1-unit, detached	73.1%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Lacona
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1974	1946