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Geneva County

Population in July 2007: 2,404. Population change since 2000: +0.7%
 

Males: 1,101  (45.8%)
Females: 1,303  (54.2%)
Median resident age:  42.6 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Zip codes: 36344.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $25,400 (it was $23,324 in 2000)
Hartford  $25,400
Alabama:  $40,554

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $53,800 (it was $48,500 in 2000)
Hartford  $53,800
Alabama:  $115,600

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Races in Hartford:

  • White Non-Hispanic (77.8%)
  • Black (19.6%)
  • Hispanic (1.7%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Hartford: 81.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)


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Ancestries: United States (14.1%), Irish (6.7%), English (5.5%), German (4.3%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), Dutch (1.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 278 feet

Land area: 6.23 square miles.

Population density: 386 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Hartford

  • High school or higher: 63.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
  • Unemployed: 17.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hartford city

  • Never married: 16.8%
  • Now married: 54.8%
  • Separated: 3.7%
  • Widowed: 12.3%
  • Divorced: 12.4%

11 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.5%
Alabama:  2.0%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Hartford, Alabama in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Hartford to the number of sex offenders is 343 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Hartford:  0.4% ($199)
Alabama:  0.3% ($289)
Hartford satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Dothan, AL (21.5 miles , pop. 57,737).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Montgomery, AL (95.8 miles , pop. 201,568).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (672.1 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Slocomb, AL (6.9 miles ), Black, AL (7.3 miles ), Esto, FL (9.1 miles ), Clayhatchee, AL (9.4 miles ), Noma, FL (9.9 miles ), Eunola, AL (11.3 miles) , Malvern, AL (12.1 miles ), Geneva, AL (13.3 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 7 buildings, average cost: $73,300
  • 1997: 2 buildings, average cost: $40,100
  • 1998: 3 buildings, average cost: $50,600
  • 1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $98,000
  • 2000: 6 buildings, average cost: $60,600
  • 2001: 6 buildings, average cost: $74,700
  • 2002: 7 buildings, average cost: $88,900
  • 2003: 7 buildings, average cost: $88,900
  • 2004: 8 buildings, average cost: $88,900
  • 2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $68,700
  • 2006: 14 buildings, average cost: $92,700
  • 2007: 4 buildings, average cost: $101,300

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Latitude: 31.10 N, Longitude: 85.69 W


80 people in nursing homes
23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Area code: 334

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Population change in the 1990s: -206 (-8.0%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Repair and maintenance (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Health care (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Apparel (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)


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Crime in Hartford by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Murders 00001
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.042.3
Rapes 01240
    per 100,000 0.041.886.0170.20.0
Robberies 01010
    per 100,000 0.041.80.042.60.0
Assaults 261720115
    per 100,000 1093.4711.3860.2468.1211.6
Burglaries 1215203231
    per 100,000 504.6627.6860.21361.71311.9
Thefts 55747410282
    per 100,000 2312.93096.23182.84340.43470.2
Auto thefts 74952
    per 100,000 294.4167.4387.1212.884.6
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 370.1369.5459.4528.5364.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 15 (10 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  4.16
US city average:  3.00

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Hartford-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Alabama state average. It is 78% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/29/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 15.7 miles away from the Hartford city center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 12/30/1973, a category 3 tornado 24.1 miles away from the city center injured 14 people and caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Hartford:
  • WIREGRASS MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; GENEVA, AL)
  • DOCTOR'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; BONIFAY, FL)
  • CAMPBELLTON-GRACEVILLE HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; GRACEVILLE, FL)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Hartford:
  • DOTHAN RGNL (about 24 miles; DOTHAN, AL; ID: DHN)
  • PANAMA CITY-BAY CO INTL (about 63 miles; PANAMA CITY, FL; ID: PFN)
  • HURLBURT FIELD (about 84 miles; MARY ESTHER, FL; ID: HRT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hartford:
  • GENEVA MUNI (about 13 miles; GENEVA, AL; ID: 33J)
  • LOWE AHP (FORT RUCKER) (about 18 miles; FORT RUCKER OZARK, AL; ID: LOR)
  • ENTERPRISE MUNI (about 18 miles; ENTERPRISE, AL; ID: EDN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hartford:
  • GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN (about 26 miles; DOTHAN, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,703)
  • TROY STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 53 miles; TROY, AL; FT enrollment: 9,143)
  • GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; PANAMA CITY, FL; FT enrollment: 3,140)
  • OKALOOSA-WALTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; NICEVILLE, FL; FT enrollment: 3,374)
  • AUBURN UNIVERSITY-MONTGOMERY (about 86 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 3,677)
  • TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (about 91 miles; TUSKEGEE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,732)
  • ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 4,359)
Public high school in Hartford:
Public elementary/middle schools in Hartford:
Library in Hartford:
  • HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $55,126; Location: 203 WEST MAIN STREET; 18,497 books; 412 audio materials; 385 video materials; 34 serial subscriptions)

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Churches in Hartford include: Shiloh Baptist Church (A), Prosperity Missionary Baptist Church (B), First Assembly of God Church (C), First Baptist Church (D), First United Methodist Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Shiloh Cemetery (1), Hartford City Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lake: Daughtry Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Hartford and their reported violations in the past:

HARTFORD WATER WORKS (Address: 203 WEST MAIN STREET, Population served: 3690, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • 22 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  67.0%
Whole state:  70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.4%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  19.8%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  10.2%
Whole state:  7.3%

Hartford compared to Alabama state average:

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Hartford (2007 data):
  • City Bank of Hartford: City Bank Of Hartford at 307 West Main Street, branch established on 1975-10-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39.7 mil, Deposits: $35.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Hartford Financial Corporation
  • The First National Bank of Hartford: The First National Bank Of Hartford at 101 Third Avenue South, branch established on 1905-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $88.3 mil, Deposits: $74.9 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices, Holding Company: First Hartford Bancshares, Inc.



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:


Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police - Other 6$7,667$15,3340$0
Firefighters 0$0 5$782
Welfare 3$2,600$10,4001$159
Health 0$0 4$2,671
Solid Waste Management 7$8,539$14,6380$0
Sewerage 1$2,294$27,5280$0
Parks and Recreation 1$1,532$18,3840$0
Water Supply 1$2,294$27,5280$0
Police Protection - Officers 9$14,509$19,3450$0
Electric Power 2$4,757$28,5420$0
Local Libraries 2$2,392$14,3520$0
Financial Administration 3$5,111$20,4440$0
Other Government Administration 0$0 6$1,400
Judicial and Legal 0$0 2$780
Totals for Government 35$51,695$17,72418$5,792



Hartford government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $120,000
    Solid Waste Management: $116,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $1,734,000
    General - Other: $349,000
    Police Protection: $300,000
    Regular Highways: $217,000
    Financial Administration: $118,000
    Solid Waste Management: $109,000
    Parks & Recreation: $96,000
    Libraries: $39,000
    Water Utilities: $37,000
    Fire Protection: $29,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education: $20,000
    Sewerage: $10,000
    Health Services - Other: $7,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $43,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $768,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,734,000
    Water Utilities: $173,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $286,000
    Property: $41,000
    NEC: $32,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $541,000

8.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,594 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.13%
Alabama average:  6.81%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Houston County, AL  1.95% ($29,738 average AGI)
from Coffee County, AL  0.85% ($22,634)
from Dale County, AL  0.73% ($26,672)


7.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,183 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.18%
Alabama average:  6.16%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Houston County, AL  2.23% ($29,146 average AGI)
to Coffee County, AL  0.91% ($30,474)
to Dale County, AL  0.73% ($20,738)


Strongest AM radio stations in Hartford:
  • WTKN (1560 AM; daytime; 5 kW; DALEVILLE, AL; Owner: JOSEPH A. ADAMS, SR.)
  • WOOF (560 AM; 5 kW; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: WOOF, INC.)
  • WQLS (1200 AM; 10 kW; OZARK, AL; Owner: STYLES BROADCASTING OF DOTHAN, INC.)
  • WGEA (1150 AM; 1 kW; GENEVA, AL; Owner: SHELLEY BROADCASTING CO, INC., D.I.P)
  • WZEP (1460 AM; 10 kW; DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL; Owner: WALTON COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WAGF (1320 AM; 3 kW; DOTHAN, AL)
  • WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
  • WASG (550 AM; 25 kW; ATMORE, AL; Owner: 550 AM, INC)
  • WGTX (1280 AM; 5 kW; DE FUNIAK SPRINGS, FL)
  • WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WOZK (900 AM; 1 kW; OZARK, AL; Owner: OZARK B/CING. CORP.)
  • WTBF (970 AM; 5 kW; TROY, AL; Owner: TROY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hartford:
  • WDJR (96.9 FM; ENTERPRISE, AL; Owner: GULF SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WRWA (88.7 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: TROY STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WRJM-FM (93.7 FM; GENEVA, AL; Owner: STAGE DOOR DEVELOPMENT, INC.)
  • WOOF-FM (99.7 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: WOOF, INC.)
  • WDYF (90.3 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: FAITH BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKMX (106.7 FM; ENTERPRISE, AL; Owner: WKMX, INC.)
  • WXUS (100.5 FM; FORT RUCKER, AL; Owner: SKYWAY BROADCASTING, LTD.)
  • WTVY-FM (95.5 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: STYLES BROADCASTING OF DOTHAN, INC.)
  • WFSY (98.5 FM; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WZTZ (101.1 FM; ELBA, AL; Owner: ELBA RADIO COMPANY)
  • WTOT-FM (101.7 FM; GRACEVILLE, FL; Owner: GRF, INC.)
  • WAGF-FM (101.3 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: WILSON BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WYYX (97.7 FM; BONIFAY, FL; Owner: STYLES MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
  • WVOB (91.3 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: BETHANY BIBLE COLLEGE & B.T.S. INC.)
  • WESP (102.5 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: GULF SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WAQG (91.7 FM; OZARK, AL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • WJRL-FM (103.9 FM; OZARK, AL; Owner: STYLES BROADCASTING OF DOTHAN, INC.)
  • WGTF (89.5 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: DOTHAN COMMUNITY EDUCL. RADIO, INC.)
  • WJED (91.1 FM; DOGWOOD LAKES ESTATE, FL; Owner: BETHANY BIBLE COLLEGE)

TV broadcast stations around Hartford:
  • WTVY (Channel 4; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WDFX-TV (Channel 34; OZARK, AL; Owner: WAITT LICENSE CO. OF ALABAMA, L.L.C.)
  • WJJN-LP (Channel 5; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: JAMES WILSON, III)
  • WDHN (Channel 18; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: MORRIS NETWORK OF ALABAMA, INC.)
  • WBIF (Channel 51; MARIANNA, FL; Owner: MARIANNA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W41BN (Channel 41; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)


Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)




Hartford fatal accident list for 2005:
Jun 3, 2005 06:14 AM, 5009, Lat: 31.114050, Lon: -85.696894, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


Hartford fatal accident list for 2004:
Jun 14, 2004 06:05 AM, 1220, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1


Hartford fatal accident list for 2000:
May 24, 2000 05:00 AM, Sr-52, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1


Hartford fatal accident list for 1989:
Nov 12, 1989 11:20 AM, 123, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1


Hartford fatal accident list for 1983:
Aug 13, 1983 08:10 AM, 52, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


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