Bushong vs Hartford

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

Bushong 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 44 in Bushong). Hartford has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $37,708 in Bushong). Since 2019, Bushong's population has grown faster (+388.9% vs +19.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bushong	Hartford
Population	44	442
Median age	45.6 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,708	$59,375
Median home value	—	$69,400
Median gross rent	$1,125	$718
Housing units	15	183
Homeownership rate	72.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushong	Hartford
Population	9 → 44 (+388.9%)	369 → 442 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $37,708 (+50.8%)	$42,679 → $59,375 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$13,100 → $13,800 (+5.3%)	$62,300 → $69,400 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $718 (+2.6%)

Bushong

Population

944

Median household income

$25,000$37,708

Median home value

$13,100$13,800

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)

	Bushong	Hartford
Under 5	4.5%	9.5%
5 to 17	6.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	4.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	4.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	63.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.4%
75 and over	2.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushong	Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	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	2.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushong	Hartford
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	82.1%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushong	Hartford
Drove alone	100.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushong	Hartford
1-unit, detached	86.7%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Bushong	Hartford
Poverty rate	15.9%	21.0%
Average household size	4.00	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1971