Hartford vs Mattawan

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

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

Mattawan has the higher population (2,615 vs 2,312 in Hartford). Mattawan has the higher median household income ($82,026 vs $39,868 in Hartford). Mattawan has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $95,200 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Mattawan
Population	2,312	2,615
Median age	30.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,868	$82,026
Median home value	$95,200	$177,500
Median gross rent	$809	$1,038
Housing units	884	1,016
Homeownership rate	65.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Mattawan
Population	2,595 → 2,312 (-10.9%)	2,333 → 2,615 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$36,228 → $39,868 (+10.0%)	$48,636 → $82,026 (+68.7%)
Median home value	$69,600 → $95,200 (+36.8%)	$104,200 → $177,500 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $809 (+20.6%)	$918 → $1,038 (+13.1%)

Hartford

Population

2,5952,312

Median household income

$36,228$39,868

Median home value

$69,600$95,200

Median gross rent

$671$809

Mattawan

Population

2,3332,615

Median household income

$48,636$82,026

Median home value

$104,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$918$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Mattawan
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	27.0%	23.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.8%
75 and over	3.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Mattawan
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Mattawan
No high school diploma	17.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	43.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Mattawan
Drove alone	89.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Mattawan
1-unit, detached	68.2%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	6.4%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Mattawan
Poverty rate	19.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1964	1992