Hardtner vs Medicine Lodge

A side-by-side comparison of Hardtner and Medicine Lodge: population, income, housing, and more.

Hardtner and Medicine Lodge are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Medicine Lodge has the higher population (1,518 vs 240 in Hardtner). Medicine Lodge has the higher median household income ($54,663 vs $47,222 in Hardtner). Medicine Lodge has the higher median home value ($80,200 vs $47,400 in Hardtner).

Population, income & housing

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
Population	240	1,518
Median age	44.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,222	$54,663
Median home value	$47,400	$80,200
Median gross rent	$880	$711
Housing units	136	884
Homeownership rate	82.1%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
Population	220 → 240 (+9.1%)	1,725 → 1,518 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $47,222 (+20.4%)	$48,306 → $54,663 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$43,800 → $47,400 (+8.2%)	$68,100 → $80,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$440 → $880 (+100.0%)	$528 → $711 (+34.7%)

Hardtner

Population

220240

Median household income

$39,219$47,222

Median home value

$43,800$47,400

Median gross rent

$440$880

Medicine Lodge

Population

1,7251,518

Median household income

$48,306$54,663

Median home value

$68,100$80,200

Median gross rent

$528$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
Under 5	2.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	16.9%
75 and over	8.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.3%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	37.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
Drove alone	66.2%	87.2%
Carpooled	31.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
1-unit, detached	94.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hardtner	Medicine Lodge
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1953	1953