Glenwood vs Hastings

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

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

Glenwood has the higher population (5,118 vs 121 in Hastings). Hastings has the higher median household income ($81,719 vs $69,320 in Glenwood). Glenwood has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $93,800 in Hastings).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Hastings
Population	5,118	121
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,320	$81,719
Median home value	$193,800	$93,800
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	2,325	60
Homeownership rate	76.6%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Hastings
Population	5,326 → 5,118 (-3.9%)	192 → 121 (-37.0%)
Median household income	$61,930 → $69,320 (+11.9%)	$56,250 → $81,719 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $193,800 (+30.5%)	$57,900 → $93,800 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $842 (+21.2%)	—

Glenwood

Population

5,3265,118

Median household income

$61,930$69,320

Median home value

$148,500$193,800

Median gross rent

$695$842

Hastings

Population

192121

Median household income

$56,250$81,719

Median home value

$57,900$93,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood	Hastings
Under 5	4.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	26.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	5.8%
75 and over	9.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Hastings
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	19.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Hastings
No high school diploma	2.9%	9.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Hastings
Drove alone	80.8%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Hastings
1-unit, detached	71.1%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Hastings
Poverty rate	9.0%	1.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1972	1938