Hartford vs Norwalk

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

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

Norwalk has the higher population (13,610 vs 814 in Hartford). Norwalk has the higher median household income ($94,583 vs $77,917 in Hartford). Norwalk has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $170,900 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Norwalk
Population	814	13,610
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,917	$94,583
Median home value	$170,900	$275,700
Median gross rent	$1,138	$869
Housing units	320	5,541
Homeownership rate	92.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Norwalk
Population	775 → 814 (+5.0%)	10,978 → 13,610 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $77,917 (+20.5%)	$83,403 → $94,583 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $170,900 (+64.8%)	$202,900 → $275,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,138 (+1.9%)	$834 → $869 (+4.2%)

Hartford

Population

775814

Median household income

$64,688$77,917

Median home value

$103,700$170,900

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,138

Norwalk

Population

10,97813,610

Median household income

$83,403$94,583

Median home value

$202,900$275,700

Median gross rent

$834$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Norwalk
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.1%
75 and over	3.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Norwalk
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Norwalk
Drove alone	78.1%	76.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.7%	16.0%
Other means	3.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	73.1%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Norwalk
Poverty rate	4.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1974	1999