Hardy vs Ruskin

A side-by-side comparison of Hardy and Ruskin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ruskin has the higher population (177 vs 157 in Hardy). Ruskin has the higher median household income ($78,269 vs $60,313 in Hardy). Ruskin has the higher median home value ($90,900 vs $14,400 in Hardy).

Population, income & housing

	Hardy	Ruskin
Population	157	177
Median age	53.0 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$78,269
Median home value	$14,400	$90,900
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	87	97
Homeownership rate	80.7%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardy	Ruskin
Population	235 → 157 (-33.2%)	100 → 177 (+77.0%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $60,313 (+68.3%)	$60,625 → $78,269 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$18,600 → $14,400 (-22.6%)	$76,000 → $90,900 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $725 (+26.1%)	—

Hardy

Population

235157

Median household income

$35,833$60,313

Median home value

$18,600$14,400

Median gross rent

$575$725

Ruskin

Population

100177

Median household income

$60,625$78,269

Median home value

$76,000$90,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardy	Ruskin
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	5.1%
18 to 24	14.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	3.2%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.0%	4.5%
65 to 74	19.7%	39.5%
75 and over	15.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardy	Ruskin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardy	Ruskin
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	55.1%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardy	Ruskin
Drove alone	89.1%	66.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	27.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardy	Ruskin
1-unit, detached	97.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hardy	Ruskin
Poverty rate	19.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1958