Hartford vs Reading

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

Hartford and Reading 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 195 in Reading). Reading has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $59,375 in Hartford). Hartford has the higher median home value ($69,400 vs $47,700 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Reading
Population	442	195
Median age	29.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$65,938
Median home value	$69,400	$47,700
Median gross rent	$718	$675
Housing units	183	83
Homeownership rate	83.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Reading
Population	369 → 442 (+19.8%)	219 → 195 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$42,679 → $59,375 (+39.1%)	$53,125 → $65,938 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$62,300 → $69,400 (+11.4%)	$61,000 → $47,700 (-21.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $718 (+2.6%)	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)

Hartford

Population

369442

Median household income

$42,679$59,375

Median home value

$62,300$69,400

Median gross rent

$700$718

Reading

Population

219195

Median household income

$53,125$65,938

Median home value

$61,000$47,700

Median gross rent

$750$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Reading
Under 5	9.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	13.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	12.3%
75 and over	4.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Reading
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Reading
Drove alone	84.9%	93.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Reading
1-unit, detached	65.6%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Reading
Poverty rate	21.0%	8.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1971	1972