What is the population of Hastings city?

Hastings city has 7,515 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #137 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Hastings city?

Median household income in Hastings city is $56,309 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hastings city?

Median gross rent is $785 a month and the median home value is $159,000, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.

Is Hastings city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hastings city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Hastings, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hastings, Michigan (Hastings, MI — Census place “Hastings city”) is 7,515 residents, ranking #137 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $56,309, the median home is worth $159,000 and median gross rent runs $785 a month. Looking for the Hastings Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hastings, MI: 49058.

Population: 7,515Hastings city residents
Median household income: $56,309Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $159,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $785Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.8%Owner-occupied households

Hastings ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hastings.

The Hastings MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

49058

What the numbers mean in Hastings city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hastings city median would spend about 16.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.7% of residents and 72.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Hastings city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hastings city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 7,515 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #137 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Hastings city earn a median of $56,309 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hastings city is valued at $159,000, 47.6% below the national figure and 4% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $785 a month, 44.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,420 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Hastings city?: Hastings city has 7,515 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #137 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Hastings city?: Median household income in Hastings city is $56,309 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hastings city?: Median gross rent is $785 a month and the median home value is $159,000, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.
Is Hastings city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hastings city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hastings city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.