Hastings vs Sawgrass

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

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

Sawgrass has the higher population (4,734 vs 608 in Hastings). Sawgrass has the higher median home value ($841,600 vs $205,300 in Hastings). Since 2019, Sawgrass's population has grown faster (-2.2% vs -58.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Sawgrass
Population	608	4,734
Median age	55.6 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$121,519
Median home value	$205,300	$841,600
Median gross rent	$911	$1,884
Housing units	306	3,123
Homeownership rate	61.5%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Sawgrass
Population	1,464 → 608 (-58.5%)	4,841 → 4,734 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$35,139 → $55,556 (+58.1%)	$89,700 → $121,519 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$125,200 → $205,300 (+64.0%)	$529,900 → $841,600 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $911 (+10.4%)	$1,569 → $1,884 (+20.1%)

Hastings

Population

1,464608

Median household income

$35,139$55,556

Median home value

$125,200$205,300

Median gross rent

$825$911

Sawgrass

Population

4,8414,734

Median household income

$89,700$121,519

Median home value

$529,900$841,600

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hastings	Sawgrass
Under 5	13.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	7.6%	10.2%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	0.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	4.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	21.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	27.1%	21.0%
75 and over	5.9%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Sawgrass
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	46.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Sawgrass
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Sawgrass
Drove alone	86.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	1.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.6%	23.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Sawgrass
1-unit, detached	84.3%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.3%
20 or more units	15.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Sawgrass
Poverty rate	40.0%	9.5%
Average household size	1.85	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1967	1986