Hastings vs Mendota Heights

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

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

Hastings has the higher population (22,050 vs 11,644 in Mendota Heights). Mendota Heights has the higher median household income ($132,935 vs $92,940 in Hastings). Mendota Heights has the higher median home value ($504,100 vs $294,100 in Hastings).

Population, income & housing

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
Population	22,050	11,644
Median age	40.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,940	$132,935
Median home value	$294,100	$504,100
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,557
Housing units	9,178	4,879
Homeownership rate	74.2%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	67.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
Population	22,738 → 22,050 (-3.0%)	11,289 → 11,644 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$71,264 → $92,940 (+30.4%)	$121,214 → $132,935 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$214,900 → $294,100 (+36.9%)	$392,600 → $504,100 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,184 (+24.6%)	$1,127 → $1,557 (+38.2%)

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

Mendota Heights

Population

11,28911,644

Median household income

$121,214$132,935

Median home value

$392,600$504,100

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.1%
75 and over	9.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	79.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
Drove alone	79.6%	66.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	2.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.3%	28.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
1-unit, detached	54.6%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	14.7%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hastings	Mendota Heights
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1985	1983