Hartford vs Pleasant Ridge

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

Hartford and Pleasant Ridge 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 729 in Pleasant Ridge). Hartford has the higher median household income ($61,313 vs $41,615 in Pleasant Ridge). Pleasant Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $103,800 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
Population	2,653	729
Median age	36.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,313	$41,615
Median home value	$103,800	$104,500
Median gross rent	$587	$996
Housing units	991	372
Homeownership rate	61.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
Population	2,730 → 2,653 (-2.8%)	634 → 729 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$44,659 → $61,313 (+37.3%)	$38,750 → $41,615 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $103,800 (+19.0%)	$90,100 → $104,500 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$527 → $587 (+11.4%)	$687 → $996 (+45.0%)

Hartford

Population

2,7302,653

Median household income

$44,659$61,313

Median home value

$87,200$103,800

Median gross rent

$527$587

Pleasant Ridge

Population

634729

Median household income

$38,750$41,615

Median home value

$90,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$687$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	27.0%
75 and over	7.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
No high school diploma	14.9%	16.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
Drove alone	79.3%	69.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
1-unit, detached	73.3%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Pleasant Ridge
Poverty rate	12.2%	21.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	40
Median year structure built	1964	1975