Centertown vs Hartford

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

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

Hartford has the higher population (2,653 vs 347 in Centertown). Hartford has the higher median household income ($61,313 vs $46,875 in Centertown). Hartford has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $91,800 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Hartford
Population	347	2,653
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$61,313
Median home value	$91,800	$103,800
Median gross rent	$919	$587
Housing units	136	991
Homeownership rate	75.8%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Hartford
Population	507 → 347 (-31.6%)	2,730 → 2,653 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $46,875 (+9.2%)	$44,659 → $61,313 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $91,800 (+21.9%)	$87,200 → $103,800 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $919 (+36.1%)	$527 → $587 (+11.4%)

Centertown

Population

507347

Median household income

$42,917$46,875

Median home value

$75,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$675$919

Hartford

Population

2,7302,653

Median household income

$44,659$61,313

Median home value

$87,200$103,800

Median gross rent

$527$587

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Hartford
Under 5	9.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.5%
75 and over	9.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Hartford
No high school diploma	16.7%	14.9%
High school graduate	51.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Hartford
Drove alone	88.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Hartford
1-unit, detached	76.5%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Hartford
Poverty rate	31.2%	12.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1973	1964