Hartford vs Richfield

A side-by-side comparison of Hartford and Richfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hartford has the higher population (15,761 vs 11,806 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($135,774 vs $74,252 in Hartford). Richfield has the higher median home value ($456,500 vs $261,300 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Richfield
Population	15,761	11,806
Median age	38.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,252	$135,774
Median home value	$261,300	$456,500
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,460
Housing units	6,696	4,725
Homeownership rate	66.1%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Richfield
Population	14,977 → 15,761 (+5.2%)	11,690 → 11,806 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$56,784 → $74,252 (+30.8%)	$105,441 → $135,774 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$188,000 → $261,300 (+39.0%)	$323,700 → $456,500 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,095 (+33.9%)	$1,038 → $1,460 (+40.7%)

Hartford

Population

14,97715,761

Median household income

$56,784$74,252

Median home value

$188,000$261,300

Median gross rent

$818$1,095

Richfield

Population

11,69011,806

Median household income

$105,441$135,774

Median home value

$323,700$456,500

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Richfield
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	18.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.7%
75 and over	8.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Richfield
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Richfield
Drove alone	77.4%	70.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.3%	23.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Richfield
1-unit, detached	56.5%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Richfield
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1993	1988