Hartington vs Laurel

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

Hartington and Laurel 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 947 in Laurel). Hartington has the higher median household income ($78,304 vs $56,250 in Laurel). Hartington has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $152,500 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Hartington	Laurel
Population	1,736	947
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,304	$56,250
Median home value	$169,000	$152,500
Median gross rent	$685	$719
Housing units	779	468
Homeownership rate	78.7%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartington	Laurel
Population	1,645 → 1,736 (+5.5%)	1,111 → 947 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$55,313 → $78,304 (+41.6%)	$50,045 → $56,250 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $169,000 (+60.8%)	$88,500 → $152,500 (+72.3%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $685 (-14.1%)	$657 → $719 (+9.4%)

Hartington

Population

1,6451,736

Median household income

$55,313$78,304

Median home value

$105,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$797$685

Laurel

Population

1,111947

Median household income

$50,045$56,250

Median home value

$88,500$152,500

Median gross rent

$657$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartington	Laurel
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	13.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.8%
75 and over	12.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartington	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartington	Laurel
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartington	Laurel
Drove alone	86.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartington	Laurel
1-unit, detached	87.8%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	9.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Hartington	Laurel
Poverty rate	4.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1968	1960