Hanover vs Orfordville

A side-by-side comparison of Hanover and Orfordville: population, income, housing, and more.

Hanover and Orfordville are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orfordville has the higher population (1,567 vs 143 in Hanover). Orfordville has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $58,281 in Hanover). Orfordville has the higher median home value ($176,300 vs $146,900 in Hanover).

Population, income & housing

	Hanover	Orfordville
Population	143	1,567
Median age	30.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,281	$77,500
Median home value	$146,900	$176,300
Housing units	67	669
Homeownership rate	83.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanover	Orfordville
Population	137 → 143 (+4.4%)	1,286 → 1,567 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$60,750 → $58,281 (-4.1%)	$65,855 → $77,500 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $146,900 (+63.8%)	$143,100 → $176,300 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$936 → $985 (+5.2%)

Hanover

Population

137143

Median household income

$60,750$58,281

Median home value

$89,700$146,900

Orfordville

Population

1,2861,567

Median household income

$65,855$77,500

Median home value

$143,100$176,300

Median gross rent

$936$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanover	Orfordville
Under 5	8.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	30.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	6.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.6%
75 and over	8.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanover	Orfordville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanover	Orfordville
No high school diploma	9.4%	14.8%
High school graduate	30.2%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanover	Orfordville
Drove alone	95.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanover	Orfordville
1-unit, detached	95.5%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanover	Orfordville
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1938	1970