Hart vs Hesperia

A side-by-side comparison of Hart and Hesperia: population, income, housing, and more.

Hart and Hesperia are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hart has the higher population (1,931 vs 1,007 in Hesperia). Hart has the higher median household income ($55,066 vs $44,271 in Hesperia). Hesperia has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $119,700 in Hart).

Population, income & housing

	Hart	Hesperia
Population	1,931	1,007
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,066	$44,271
Median home value	$119,700	$121,300
Median gross rent	$800	$556
Housing units	792	423
Homeownership rate	59.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hart	Hesperia
Population	2,106 → 1,931 (-8.3%)	951 → 1,007 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$40,521 → $55,066 (+35.9%)	$34,948 → $44,271 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $119,700 (+38.1%)	$82,200 → $121,300 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $800 (+18.7%)	$581 → $556 (-4.3%)

Hart

Population

2,1061,931

Median household income

$40,521$55,066

Median home value

$86,700$119,700

Median gross rent

$674$800

Hesperia

Population

9511,007

Median household income

$34,948$44,271

Median home value

$82,200$121,300

Median gross rent

$581$556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hart	Hesperia
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.5%
75 and over	9.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hart	Hesperia
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hart	Hesperia
No high school diploma	12.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	33.8%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hart	Hesperia
Drove alone	76.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hart	Hesperia
1-unit, detached	73.7%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	19.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Hart	Hesperia
Poverty rate	19.8%	18.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1948	1962