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Hartford, KY Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Hartford, KY Housing Market Trends

With 2,636 people, 955 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $150,872, house prices in Hartford are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Hartford, accounting for 76.21% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Hartford include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.80%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.23%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 4.19%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Hartford are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 59.96% owning and 40.04% renting.

At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Hartford's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 53.38% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Hartford include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 33.97%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 6.57%). There's also some housing in Hartford built before 1939 ( 6.09%).

Hartford Home Appreciation Rates

Real estate appreciation rates in Hartford's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.90% during the period.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Hartford's appreciation rate, at 7.29%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Hartford's appreciation rate has been 1.84%, which annualizes to a rate of 7.57%.

Relative to Kentucky, our data show that Hartford's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Kentucky.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$150,872

Hartford, KY Home Prices
> $1,338,000
$1,003,001 - $1,338,000
$669,001 - $1,003,000
$535,001 - $669,000
$402,001 - $535,000
$268,001 - $402,000
$134,001 - $268,000
$67,001 - $134,000
$0 - $67,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.3%
14.9%
14.9%
42.6%
42.6%
21.7%
21.7%
19.5%
19.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Low

for Kentucky

Very Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

955

Hartford Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,111 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
60.0%
60.0%
40.0%
40.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
9.1%
9.1%
90.9%
90.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
6.6%
6.6%
34.0%
34.0%
53.4%
53.4%
6.1%
6.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
76.2%
76.2%
2.6%
2.6%
9.8%
9.8%
7.2%
7.2%
4.2%
4.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
2.0%
2.0%
6.1%
6.1%
20.2%
20.2%
52.0%
52.0%
17.6%
17.6%
2.2%
2.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Hartford

Zip Codes in Hartford, KY