Hills vs Lone Tree

A side-by-side comparison of Hills and Lone Tree: population, income, housing, and more.

Hills and Lone Tree are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lone Tree has the higher population (1,285 vs 892 in Hills). Hills has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $80,294 in Lone Tree). Hills has the higher median home value ($217,800 vs $170,700 in Lone Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Hills	Lone Tree
Population	892	1,285
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$80,294
Median home value	$217,800	$170,700
Median gross rent	$1,179	$947
Housing units	444	545
Homeownership rate	62.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hills	Lone Tree
Population	780 → 892 (+14.4%)	1,312 → 1,285 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $81,875 (+49.1%)	$62,137 → $80,294 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $217,800 (+37.3%)	$156,200 → $170,700 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,179 (+19.1%)	$695 → $947 (+36.3%)

Hills

Population

780892

Median household income

$54,922$81,875

Median home value

$158,600$217,800

Median gross rent

$990$1,179

Lone Tree

Population

1,3121,285

Median household income

$62,137$80,294

Median home value

$156,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$695$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hills	Lone Tree
Under 5	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hills	Lone Tree
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hills	Lone Tree
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	34.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hills	Lone Tree
Drove alone	73.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.5%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hills	Lone Tree
1-unit, detached	58.8%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	7.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Hills	Lone Tree
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1977	1968