Hastings North median real estate price is $337,325, which is more expensive than 66.1% of the neighborhoods in Michigan and 44.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Hastings North is currently $1,150, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 92.4% of Michigan neighborhoods.
Hastings North is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Hastings, Michigan.
Hastings North real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Hastings North neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Hastings North, the current vacancy rate is 1.5%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 89.3% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Hastings North is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Hastings, the Hastings North neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the Hastings North neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the Hastings North community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.0%) living in the Hastings North neighborhood.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the Hastings North neighborhood stands out by having 91.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.5% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Hastings North neighborhood has more Dutch and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 0.8% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Hastings North neighborhood in Hastings are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the Hastings North neighborhood, 36.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Hastings North neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Hastings North neighborhood in Hastings, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (6.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Hastings North neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (91.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.