What is the population of Hardin city?

Hardin city has 3,766 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #33 of 497 in Montana.

What is the median household income in Hardin city?

Median household income in Hardin city is $60,463 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hardin city?

Median gross rent is $726 a month and the median home value is $142,800, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.

Is Hardin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hardin city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Hardin, MT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hardin, Montana (Hardin, MT — Census place “Hardin city”) is 3,766 residents, ranking #33 of 497 places in Montana. Median household income is $60,463, the median home is worth $142,800 and median gross rent runs $726 a month. Looking for the Hardin Montana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hardin, MT: 59034.

Population: 3,766Hardin city residents
Median household income: $60,463Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $142,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $726Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.7%Owner-occupied households

Hardin ZIP codes (Montana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hardin.

The Hardin MT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

59034

What the numbers mean in Hardin city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hardin city median would spend about 14.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.4% of residents and 56.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Hardin city, MT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hardin city is a small town in Montana, with 3,766 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #33 of 497 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 34.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Hardin city earn a median of $60,463 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $62,992 median for the 94 Montana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 18.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hardin city is valued at $142,800, 52.9% below the national figure and 43% below the $250,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $726 a month, 48.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,712 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 56.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Hardin city?: Hardin city has 3,766 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #33 of 497 in Montana.
What is the median household income in Hardin city?: Median household income in Hardin city is $60,463 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hardin city?: Median gross rent is $726 a month and the median home value is $142,800, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.
Is Hardin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hardin city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hardin city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.