Fordsville vs Hartford

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

Fordsville 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 488 in Fordsville). Hartford has the higher median household income ($61,313 vs $33,750 in Fordsville). Hartford has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $50,000 in Fordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Fordsville	Hartford
Population	488	2,653
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$61,313
Median home value	$50,000	$103,800
Median gross rent	$438	$587
Housing units	196	991
Homeownership rate	65.2%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordsville	Hartford
Population	552 → 488 (-11.6%)	2,730 → 2,653 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$33,625 → $33,750 (+0.4%)	$44,659 → $61,313 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $50,000 (-13.6%)	$87,200 → $103,800 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $438 (-17.0%)	$527 → $587 (+11.4%)

Fordsville

Population

552488

Median household income

$33,625$33,750

Median home value

$57,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$528$438

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)

	Fordsville	Hartford
Under 5	2.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	6.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	32.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	7.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.5%
75 and over	7.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordsville	Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	30.9%	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	0.4%	1.7%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordsville	Hartford
No high school diploma	20.2%	14.9%
High school graduate	43.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordsville	Hartford
Drove alone	89.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordsville	Hartford
1-unit, detached	66.8%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Fordsville	Hartford
Poverty rate	20.3%	12.2%
Average household size	3.16	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1977	1964