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Place dossier plate
SheetAR-HARTMAN-AR ยท Hartman, AR 533 pop ยท income 11th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hartman
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hartman on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Buffalo ยท lowest
30,660
Buffalo ยท lowest
30,660 median HH income
23.6% of the leader ยท rank #1
Hartman ยท this city
43,125
Hartman ยท this city
43,125 median HH income
33.2% of the leader ยท rank #2
Pine Apple ยท near
43,125
Pine Apple ยท near
43,125 median HH income
33.2% of the leader ยท rank #3
Pilot Station ยท near
43,125
Pilot Station ยท near
43,125 median HH income
33.2% of the leader ยท rank #4
Tulelake ยท near
43,125
Tulelake ยท near
43,125 median HH income
33.2% of the leader ยท rank #5
Winchester ยท near
43,125
Winchester ยท near
43,125 median HH income
33.2% of the leader ยท rank #6
Clarkedale ยท highest
129,750
Clarkedale ยท highest
129,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hartman on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 533.
Nationally, Hartman sits in the 11th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
11th
percentile, household income
18th
percentile, home value
3rd
percentile, median rent
๐ How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Hartman, AR
Hartman is a small town in Arkansas, home to 533 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Hartman report a median income of $43,125 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 29.5%. Hartman's housing stock carries a median value of $122,400, and the median resident age is 36.2 years. About 6.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 54.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: the state registers 86.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $944 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Arkansas run around $210, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Hartman report an average commute of 18.1 minutes, with 63.8% driving alone and 4.3% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hartman's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to population change to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hartman, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Hartman?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 63.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.1 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Hartman?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 29.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +4 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.8% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hartman?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are Holly Grove (532 residents, $38,750 income); Cincinnati (536 residents, $60,393 income); Clarkedale (536 residents, $129,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ullin, IL (533 residents); Lake, IN (533 residents); Buffalo, KY (533 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Hartman?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 6.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
29.5%
Bachelor's degree+
6.2%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Low income ยท poverty 29.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
86.9 (US=100)
Very affordable ยท BEA RPP 2024, Arkansas average
F
City profile score ยท Hartman, AR
28/100
4 published dimensions ยท ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
86.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$43,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
29.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
6.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hartman profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) ยท 86.9 index
Household income: 11/100 (F) ยท $43,125
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) ยท 29.5%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) ยท 6.2%
How does Hartman compare to other US cities?
Here's how Hartman stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income11% higher than other cities
Home value18% pricier than other cities
Median rent3% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hartman against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arkansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hartman near the bottom of Arkansas's cities
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hartman ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hartman only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#306 of 495
38th percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Median Home Value
#195 of 482
60th percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#54 of 524
90th percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#443 of 524
15th percentile in Arkansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arkansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
11th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Hartman's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$122,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 82% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates ยท 2023
Hartman's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0ร
National rank
#5,797 of 15,516
More affordable than 63% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,011 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8ร, Hartman sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,797 of 15,516 and #5,011 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$43,125Hartman, AR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hartman, AR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hartman, AR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)6.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)29.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
533
Median Income
$43,125
Median Home Value
$122,400
Median Age
36.2
Poverty Rate
29.5%
Labor force participation
54.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
6.2%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020โ2025
Hartman's Census PEP population estimates, 2020โ2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
514 residents
2021
516 residents
2022
515 residents
2023
518 residents
2024
519 residents
2025
518 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.1 minutes
Drive Alone
63.8%
Carpool
31.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.3%
Based on 210 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arkansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $210
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arkansas at $210 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Arkansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hartman. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arkansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 86.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hartman is $944/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arkansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arkansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hartman sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hartman compares to similar-size Arkansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.