Hastings vs Inver Grove Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Hastings and Inver Grove Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inver Grove Heights has the higher population (35,772 vs 22,050 in Hastings). Inver Grove Heights has the higher median household income ($104,055 vs $92,940 in Hastings). Inver Grove Heights has the higher median home value ($352,300 vs $294,100 in Hastings).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
Population	22,050	35,772
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,940	$104,055
Median home value	$294,100	$352,300
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,447
Housing units	9,178	14,913
Homeownership rate	74.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
Population	22,738 → 22,050 (-3.0%)	35,320 → 35,772 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$71,264 → $92,940 (+30.4%)	$78,347 → $104,055 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$214,900 → $294,100 (+36.9%)	$254,500 → $352,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,184 (+24.6%)	$1,142 → $1,447 (+26.7%)

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

Inver Grove Heights

Population

35,32035,772

Median household income

$78,347$104,055

Median home value

$254,500$352,300

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
Under 5	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.1%
75 and over	9.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	74.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
Drove alone	79.6%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.4%	2.3%
Walked	2.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.3%	21.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
1-unit, detached	54.6%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	14.7%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Inver Grove Heights
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1985	1990