Farmington vs Hastings

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

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

Farmington has the higher population (23,675 vs 22,050 in Hastings). Farmington has the higher median household income ($118,556 vs $92,940 in Hastings). Farmington has the higher median home value ($345,100 vs $294,100 in Hastings).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Hastings
Population	23,675	22,050
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,556	$92,940
Median home value	$345,100	$294,100
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,184
Housing units	8,475	9,178
Homeownership rate	86.6%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Hastings
Population	22,869 → 23,675 (+3.5%)	22,738 → 22,050 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$95,331 → $118,556 (+24.4%)	$71,264 → $92,940 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$254,200 → $345,100 (+35.8%)	$214,900 → $294,100 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,275 (+21.2%)	$950 → $1,184 (+24.6%)

Farmington

Population

22,86923,675

Median household income

$95,331$118,556

Median home value

$254,200$345,100

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,275

Hastings

Population

22,73822,050

Median household income

$71,264$92,940

Median home value

$214,900$294,100

Median gross rent

$950$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Hastings
Under 5	7.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	23.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.7%
75 and over	3.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Hastings
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	85.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	3.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Hastings
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	20.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Hastings
Drove alone	74.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.6%	11.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Hastings
1-unit, detached	71.2%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.3%	14.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Hastings
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1997	1985