Allen vs Hartford

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

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

Hartford has the higher population (442 vs 276 in Allen). Hartford has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $56,157 in Allen). Hartford has the higher median home value ($69,400 vs $54,100 in Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Hartford
Population	276	442
Median age	35.8 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,157	$59,375
Median home value	$54,100	$69,400
Median gross rent	$483	$718
Housing units	140	183
Homeownership rate	57.6%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Hartford
Population	168 → 276 (+64.3%)	369 → 442 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $56,157 (+44.0%)	$42,679 → $59,375 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$60,800 → $54,100 (-11.0%)	$62,300 → $69,400 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $483 (-1.8%)	$700 → $718 (+2.6%)

Allen

Population

168276

Median household income

$39,000$56,157

Median home value

$60,800$54,100

Median gross rent

$492$483

Hartford

Population

369442

Median household income

$42,679$59,375

Median home value

$62,300$69,400

Median gross rent

$700$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Hartford
Under 5	0.7%	9.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	20.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	5.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	18.8%	5.4%
75 and over	5.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Hartford
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Hartford
Drove alone	90.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Hartford
1-unit, detached	62.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	25.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Hartford
Poverty rate	10.1%	21.0%
Average household size	2.09	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1950	1971