Fordyce vs Hartington

A side-by-side comparison of Fordyce and Hartington: population, income, housing, and more.

Fordyce and Hartington are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hartington has the higher population (1,736 vs 234 in Fordyce). Fordyce has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $78,304 in Hartington). Hartington has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $101,400 in Fordyce).

Population, income & housing

	Fordyce	Hartington
Population	234	1,736
Median age	31.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$78,304
Median home value	$101,400	$169,000
Median gross rent	—	$685
Housing units	84	779
Homeownership rate	93.9%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordyce	Hartington
Population	154 → 234 (+51.9%)	1,645 → 1,736 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $81,250 (+88.4%)	$55,313 → $78,304 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $101,400 (+44.9%)	$105,100 → $169,000 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$797 → $685 (-14.1%)

Fordyce

Population

154234

Median household income

$43,125$81,250

Median home value

$70,000$101,400

Hartington

Population

1,6451,736

Median household income

$55,313$78,304

Median home value

$105,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$797$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordyce	Hartington
Under 5	12.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	27.8%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	17.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	2.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.6%
75 and over	3.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordyce	Hartington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordyce	Hartington
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	48.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordyce	Hartington
Drove alone	78.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordyce	Hartington
1-unit, detached	96.4%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fordyce	Hartington
Poverty rate	18.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.85	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1948	1968