Hillsdale vs Rapids City

A side-by-side comparison of Hillsdale and Rapids City: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillsdale and Rapids City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rapids City has the higher population (1,012 vs 489 in Hillsdale). Rapids City has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $84,583 in Hillsdale). Rapids City has the higher median home value ($207,600 vs $96,700 in Hillsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
Population	489	1,012
Median age	38.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$90,750
Median home value	$96,700	$207,600
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	209	464
Homeownership rate	86.9%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
Population	448 → 489 (+9.2%)	1,065 → 1,012 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$69,844 → $84,583 (+21.1%)	$75,536 → $90,750 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $96,700 (+28.4%)	$180,100 → $207,600 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $781 (+15.7%)	$908 → $1,193 (+31.4%)

Hillsdale

Population

448489

Median household income

$69,844$84,583

Median home value

$75,300$96,700

Median gross rent

$675$781

Rapids City

Population

1,0651,012

Median household income

$75,536$90,750

Median home value

$180,100$207,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
Under 5	8.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.1%
75 and over	4.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
Drove alone	90.9%	85.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
1-unit, detached	67.5%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Rapids City
Poverty rate	17.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1961	1974