Butler Beach vs Hastings

A side-by-side comparison of Butler Beach and Hastings: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler Beach and Hastings are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler Beach has the higher population (4,723 vs 608 in Hastings). Butler Beach has the higher median home value ($469,100 vs $205,300 in Hastings). Since 2019, Butler Beach's population has grown faster (+0.1% vs -58.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Butler Beach	Hastings
Population	4,723	608
Median age	61.7 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,776	—
Median home value	$469,100	$205,300
Median gross rent	$1,682	$911
Housing units	4,829	306
Homeownership rate	85.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler Beach	Hastings
Population	4,716 → 4,723 (+0.1%)	1,464 → 608 (-58.5%)
Median household income	$82,737 → $76,776 (-7.2%)	$35,139 → $55,556 (+58.1%)
Median home value	$350,300 → $469,100 (+33.9%)	$125,200 → $205,300 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,428 → $1,682 (+17.8%)	$825 → $911 (+10.4%)

Butler Beach

Population

4,7164,723

Median household income

$82,737$76,776

Median home value

$350,300$469,100

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,682

Hastings

Population

1,464608

Median household income

$35,139$55,556

Median home value

$125,200$205,300

Median gross rent

$825$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler Beach	Hastings
Under 5	1.1%	13.5%
5 to 17	4.4%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	4.0%	0.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	4.9%
55 to 64	25.8%	21.9%
65 to 74	25.3%	27.1%
75 and over	15.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler Beach	Hastings
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	51.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	46.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler Beach	Hastings
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler Beach	Hastings
Drove alone	67.4%	86.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	3.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler Beach	Hastings
1-unit, detached	49.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butler Beach	Hastings
Poverty rate	10.0%	40.0%
Average household size	1.83	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1988	1967