Hastings vs Henderson

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

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

Henderson has the higher population (205 vs 121 in Hastings). Hastings has the higher median household income ($81,719 vs $51,250 in Henderson). Hastings has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $87,100 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Henderson
Population	121	205
Median age	44.6 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,719	$51,250
Median home value	$93,800	$87,100
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	60	76
Homeownership rate	95.7%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Henderson
Population	192 → 121 (-37.0%)	272 → 205 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $81,719 (+45.3%)	$52,500 → $51,250 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $93,800 (+62.0%)	$71,600 → $87,100 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $950 (+23.5%)

Hastings

Population

192121

Median household income

$56,250$81,719

Median home value

$57,900$93,800

Henderson

Population

272205

Median household income

$52,500$51,250

Median home value

$71,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$769$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hastings	Henderson
Under 5	7.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	27.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	26.4%	5.4%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	17.1%
75 and over	9.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Henderson
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Henderson
No high school diploma	9.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	50.6%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Henderson
Drove alone	76.8%	81.9%
Carpooled	19.6%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Henderson
1-unit, detached	88.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Henderson
Poverty rate	1.7%	20.5%
Average household size	2.57	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1938	1938