Hart vs New Era

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

Hart and New Era 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 453 in New Era). New Era has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $55,066 in Hart). New Era has the higher median home value ($172,200 vs $119,700 in Hart).

Population, income & housing

	Hart	New Era
Population	1,931	453
Median age	40.5 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,066	$81,500
Median home value	$119,700	$172,200
Median gross rent	$800	$967
Housing units	792	193
Homeownership rate	59.8%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hart	New Era
Population	2,106 → 1,931 (-8.3%)	472 → 453 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$40,521 → $55,066 (+35.9%)	$65,938 → $81,500 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $119,700 (+38.1%)	$117,400 → $172,200 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $800 (+18.7%)	$638 → $967 (+51.6%)

Hart

Population

2,1061,931

Median household income

$40,521$55,066

Median home value

$86,700$119,700

Median gross rent

$674$800

New Era

Population

472453

Median household income

$65,938$81,500

Median home value

$117,400$172,200

Median gross rent

$638$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hart	New Era
Under 5	5.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	18.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.1%
75 and over	9.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hart	New Era
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hart	New Era
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	33.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hart	New Era
Drove alone	76.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hart	New Era
1-unit, detached	73.7%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hart	New Era
Poverty rate	19.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1948	1961