Hardtner vs Sun City

A side-by-side comparison of Hardtner and Sun City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hardtner has the higher population (240 vs 38 in Sun City). Sun City has the higher median household income ($54,219 vs $47,222 in Hardtner). Sun City has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $47,400 in Hardtner).

Population, income & housing

	Hardtner	Sun City
Population	240	38
Median age	44.1 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,222	$54,219
Median home value	$47,400	$120,000
Median gross rent	$880	—
Housing units	136	42
Homeownership rate	82.1%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardtner	Sun City
Population	220 → 240 (+9.1%)	40 → 38 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $47,222 (+20.4%)	$43,438 → $54,219 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$43,800 → $47,400 (+8.2%)	$71,300 → $120,000 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$440 → $880 (+100.0%)	—

Hardtner

Population

220240

Median household income

$39,219$47,222

Median home value

$43,800$47,400

Median gross rent

$440$880

Sun City

Population

4038

Median household income

$43,438$54,219

Median home value

$71,300$120,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardtner	Sun City
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.2%	5.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	18.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	47.4%
75 and over	8.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardtner	Sun City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardtner	Sun City
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardtner	Sun City
Drove alone	66.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	31.2%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardtner	Sun City
1-unit, detached	94.1%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Hardtner	Sun City
Poverty rate	17.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1953	1956