Hastings vs Silver City

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

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

Silver City has the higher population (435 vs 121 in Hastings). Hastings has the higher median household income ($81,719 vs $68,214 in Silver City). Silver City has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $93,800 in Hastings).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Silver City
Population	121	435
Median age	44.6 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,719	$68,214
Median home value	$93,800	$139,000
Median gross rent	—	$889
Housing units	60	151
Homeownership rate	95.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Silver City
Population	192 → 121 (-37.0%)	241 → 435 (+80.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $81,719 (+45.3%)	$62,813 → $68,214 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $93,800 (+62.0%)	$90,000 → $139,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$736 → $889 (+20.8%)

Hastings

Population

192121

Median household income

$56,250$81,719

Median home value

$57,900$93,800

Silver City

Population

241435

Median household income

$62,813$68,214

Median home value

$90,000$139,000

Median gross rent

$736$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hastings	Silver City
Under 5	7.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	26.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.5%
75 and over	9.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.3%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Silver City
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	50.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Silver City
Drove alone	76.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	19.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Silver City
1-unit, detached	88.3%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Silver City
Poverty rate	1.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.57	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938