Hardwick vs Luverne

A side-by-side comparison of Hardwick and Luverne: population, income, housing, and more.

Hardwick and Luverne are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Luverne has the higher population (4,907 vs 199 in Hardwick). Luverne has the higher median household income ($66,145 vs $37,917 in Hardwick). Luverne has the higher median home value ($181,100 vs $75,000 in Hardwick).

Population, income & housing

	Hardwick	Luverne
Population	199	4,907
Median age	28.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$66,145
Median home value	$75,000	$181,100
Median gross rent	$646	$718
Housing units	92	2,203
Homeownership rate	48.8%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardwick	Luverne
Population	188 → 199 (+5.9%)	4,564 → 4,907 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $37,917 (-19.6%)	$56,552 → $66,145 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $75,000 (+25.0%)	$141,600 → $181,100 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $646 (+21.4%)	$669 → $718 (+7.3%)

Hardwick

Population

188199

Median household income

$47,188$37,917

Median home value

$60,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$532$646

Luverne

Population

4,5644,907

Median household income

$56,552$66,145

Median home value

$141,600$181,100

Median gross rent

$669$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardwick	Luverne
Under 5	18.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	21.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.6%
75 and over	7.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardwick	Luverne
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardwick	Luverne
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	22.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardwick	Luverne
Drove alone	60.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	21.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardwick	Luverne
1-unit, detached	82.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Hardwick	Luverne
Poverty rate	15.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1954	1960