Hastings

Population & Demographics

Hastings, NE

Hastings is home to 25,008 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 12,022 resident workers commute each day.

NebraskaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
25,008
people
Population

25,008 residents

Median age 37.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hastings population & demographics

Who lives in Hastings — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
25,008
Median age
37.3yrs
Median household income
$64,048
Median home value
$184,700
Median gross rent
$858/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.2%
Poverty rate
14.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Hastings

How Hastings breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White78.9%
Hispanic or Latino15.0%
Two or more races2.8%
Black1.6%
Asian1.1%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Hastings

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Hastings.

Hastings at a glance
Employed Residents
12,022
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
23.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
54.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
3.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Grand Island
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Hastings proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Hastings commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

92
Commute Score

92 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Hastings

12,022 commutes, one dot at a time

Hastings

Where 12,022 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Hastings, by worker count.

1Hastings0.0 mi6,589
2Grand Island23.0 mi1,212
3Lincoln91.5 mi475
4Kearney37.1 mi406
5Omaha131.4 mi360
6Kenesaw14.2 mi97
7Columbus79.3 mi71
8North Platte130.2 mi63

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Hastings.

1Hastings0.0 mi6,589
2Grand Island23.0 mi830
3Kearney37.1 mi269
4Kenesaw14.2 mi242
5Lincoln91.5 mi214
6Juniata6.1 mi174
7Omaha131.4 mi145
8Blue Hill18.2 mi108

Top industries

The sectors that employ Hastings’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance22.7%
MFManufacturing18.5%
RTRetail Trade11.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.1%
EDEducational Services8.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.4%
COConstruction5.1%
PAPublic Administration3.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.4%
Connectivity

Internet options for Hastings

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

13 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps26%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Hastings

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