Calvert City vs Hardin

A side-by-side comparison of Calvert City and Hardin: population, income, housing, and more.

Calvert City and Hardin are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Calvert City has the higher population (2,522 vs 414 in Hardin). Calvert City has the higher median household income ($42,566 vs $29,688 in Hardin). Calvert City has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $91,000 in Hardin).

Population, income & housing

	Calvert City	Hardin
Population	2,522	414
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,566	$29,688
Median home value	$157,400	$91,000
Median gross rent	$820	$559
Housing units	1,312	289
Homeownership rate	53.4%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calvert City	Hardin
Population	2,513 → 2,522 (+0.4%)	517 → 414 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$52,446 → $42,566 (-18.8%)	$21,488 → $29,688 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$106,200 → $157,400 (+48.2%)	$75,900 → $91,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $820 (+26.7%)	$575 → $559 (-2.8%)

Calvert City

Population

2,5132,522

Median household income

$52,446$42,566

Median home value

$106,200$157,400

Median gross rent

$647$820

Hardin

Population

517414

Median household income

$21,488$29,688

Median home value

$75,900$91,000

Median gross rent

$575$559

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calvert City	Hardin
Under 5	4.2%	8.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	20.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	6.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.0%
75 and over	9.5%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calvert City	Hardin
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calvert City	Hardin
No high school diploma	8.1%	17.3%
High school graduate	29.7%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calvert City	Hardin
Drove alone	88.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calvert City	Hardin
1-unit, detached	74.6%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Calvert City	Hardin
Poverty rate	16.4%	44.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1973	1971