Hartford vs Slinger

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

Hartford and Slinger 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 6,173 in Slinger). Slinger has the higher median household income ($99,457 vs $74,252 in Hartford). Slinger has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $261,300 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Slinger
Population	15,761	6,173
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,252	$99,457
Median home value	$261,300	$337,700
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,083
Housing units	6,696	2,690
Homeownership rate	66.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Slinger
Population	14,977 → 15,761 (+5.2%)	5,389 → 6,173 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$56,784 → $74,252 (+30.8%)	$78,387 → $99,457 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$188,000 → $261,300 (+39.0%)	$257,100 → $337,700 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,095 (+33.9%)	$920 → $1,083 (+17.7%)

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

Slinger

Population

5,3896,173

Median household income

$78,387$99,457

Median home value

$257,100$337,700

Median gross rent

$920$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Slinger
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Slinger
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Slinger
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Slinger
Drove alone	77.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Slinger
1-unit, detached	56.5%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	17.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Slinger
Poverty rate	8.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1993	1993