Because of many things, Hartland is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hartland really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hartland perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hartland has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hartland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hartland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hartland may be for you.
One downside of living in Hartland is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hartland, the average commute to work is 32.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Hartland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Hartland citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.24% of adults in Hartland have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hartland in 2022 was $49,981, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $199,924 for a family of four.
The people who call Hartland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hartland residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hartland include European, Polish, English, German, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Hartland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
