Freeport vs Hastings

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

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

Hastings has the higher population (7,515 vs 615 in Freeport). Freeport has the higher median household income ($72,868 vs $56,309 in Hastings). Hastings has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $154,900 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Hastings
Population	615	7,515
Median age	29.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,868	$56,309
Median home value	$154,900	$159,000
Median gross rent	$1,000	$785
Housing units	208	3,470
Homeownership rate	79.3%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Hastings
Population	547 → 615 (+12.4%)	7,311 → 7,515 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$51,705 → $72,868 (+40.9%)	$55,747 → $56,309 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $154,900 (+88.7%)	$111,300 → $159,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,000 (+15.3%)	$921 → $785 (-14.8%)

Freeport

Population

547615

Median household income

$51,705$72,868

Median home value

$82,100$154,900

Median gross rent

$867$1,000

Hastings

Population

7,3117,515

Median household income

$55,747$56,309

Median home value

$111,300$159,000

Median gross rent

$921$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Hastings
Under 5	7.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	15.0%
75 and over	3.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Hastings
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Hastings
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	41.0%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Hastings
Drove alone	80.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	11.2%
Other means	0.7%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Hastings
1-unit, detached	79.8%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Hastings
Poverty rate	14.9%	8.7%
Average household size	3.03	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1960