Hastings is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Hastings, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
If Hastings were 100 workers, 4 would work from home
19 in 100 residents are 65 or older, against 17 across NE. In all, about 25,121 people live in Hastings (2025 Census estimate). A bachelor’s degree or more: 29 in every 100 adults 25 and older. From the 2010 census to the 2020 one, the change was +1%.
Median age 37.3 (NE 37.2).
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median age: women 38.0, men 36.4.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 8.4% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 14 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Hastings says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Hastings
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Hastings’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Hastings or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Hastings in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.