City safety & data profile
HastingsNE
Hastings, NE is a 25K-resident city in Adams County with a median household income of $64,048.
Adams County, Nebraska. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hastings, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hastings has a population larger than 55% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $184,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 25K
- Population (place)
- Top 45%
- By size
- $64,048
- Median income (place)
- $184,700
- Median home (place)
- 14.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Hastings
Hastings posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Hastings area.
- Bottom 29%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Hastings
Composite score · Hastings, NE
45/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Hastings in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Hastings income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$64,048 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in NE
17 NE places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Omaha
Omaha, NE
486,051 residents
- Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
294,757 residents
- Bellevue 55,510
Bellevue, NE
55,510 residents
- Grand Island 51,440
Grand Island, NE
51,440 residents
- Kearney 33,021
Kearney, NE
33,021 residents
- Fremont 26,474
Fremont, NE
26,474 residents
- Hastings 24,924
Hastings, NE
24,924 residents
- Norfolk 24,366
Norfolk, NE
24,366 residents
- North Platte 24,194
North Platte, NE
24,194 residents
- Columbus 22,797
Columbus, NE
22,797 residents
What this shows By headcount, Omaha ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Papillion.
Highest median incomes in NE
The same 17-city NE pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Papillion
Papillion, NE
$111,679 median
- Chalco
Chalco, NE
$85,672 median
- Bellevue
Bellevue, NE
$85,462 median
- La Vista
La Vista, NE
$81,961 median
- Omaha
Omaha, NE
$73,201 median
- Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
$71,867 median
- Fremont
Fremont, NE
$71,152 median
- Kearney
Kearney, NE
$69,724 median
- South Sioux City
South Sioux City, NE
$68,223 median
- Lexington
Lexington, NE
$67,666 median
What this shows Papillion posts the highest place-level median income in NE; Omaha is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Hastings, NE beyond the headline numbers
Hastings sits inside Adams County, Nebraska, at roughly 40.59°N, -98.39°W. Population 24,924, $64,048 median household income. Median home value $184,700, median rent $858. Poverty rate 14.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Hastings, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 20.3% in Hastings, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Only 3.9% of Hastings workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
A typical renter in Hastings, NE pays $858/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Hastings's labor market runs tight: 2.9% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Hastings runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Hastings, NE stands at 14.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Hastings workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
29.2% of Hastings adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hastings from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Adams County): Hastings's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
Hastings's median rent of $858/mo runs 44% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median household income also diverges: $64,048, 28% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.8% +19% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 2.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 29.2% |
| Work From Home | 3.9% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Headcount
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-level7 flood insurance claims have been filed in Adams County since 2016, with $251K paid out by the NFIP.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Hastings?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hastings right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet NE-HASTINGS-NE · Hastings
Hastings: 48 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.
- VOL-HEAVY 48 on record
- MIX-LED 96% au-bushfires
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
- NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset
Tagged alert mix: Hastings
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Bushfire Alerts
Bushfire Alerts
46
- Weather Warnings 2
Weather Warnings
2
What this shows 48 tagged notices on record for Hastings.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ12)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hastings; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Nebraska state hubs · Methodology
Other cities with a matching alert count 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (48 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
Related reading
Questions & Answers 7
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hastings, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NE (14.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NE ($64,048 here).
Compare Hastings with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
Turning this into a research checklist
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Hastings area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Hastings against Nebraska peers on any ranking lens. Explore Nebraska
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Adams County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.