Hastings vs Pacific Junction

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

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

Hastings has the higher population (121 vs 75 in Pacific Junction). Hastings has the higher median household income ($81,719 vs $37,250 in Pacific Junction). Pacific Junction has the higher median home value ($127,900 vs $93,800 in Hastings).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
Population	121	75
Median age	44.6 yrs	59.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,719	$37,250
Median home value	$93,800	$127,900
Housing units	60	65
Homeownership rate	95.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
Population	192 → 121 (-37.0%)	361 → 75 (-79.2%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $81,719 (+45.3%)	$49,306 → $37,250 (-24.5%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $93,800 (+62.0%)	$83,500 → $127,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$861 → $1,097 (+27.4%)

Hastings

Population

192121

Median household income

$56,250$81,719

Median home value

$57,900$93,800

Pacific Junction

Population

36175

Median household income

$49,306$37,250

Median home value

$83,500$127,900

Median gross rent

$861$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	17.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	26.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	22.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	24.0%
75 and over	9.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	50.6%	64.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
Drove alone	76.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	19.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
1-unit, detached	88.3%	87.7%
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%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Pacific Junction
Poverty rate	1.7%	25.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1938	1954