Hills vs Tiffin

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

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

Tiffin has the higher population (5,271 vs 892 in Hills). Tiffin has the higher median household income ($106,034 vs $81,875 in Hills). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $217,800 in Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Hills	Tiffin
Population	892	5,271
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$106,034
Median home value	$217,800	$315,800
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,367
Housing units	444	2,186
Homeownership rate	62.2%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hills	Tiffin
Population	780 → 892 (+14.4%)	3,351 → 5,271 (+57.3%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $81,875 (+49.1%)	$78,713 → $106,034 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $217,800 (+37.3%)	$233,000 → $315,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,179 (+19.1%)	$994 → $1,367 (+37.5%)

Hills

Population

780892

Median household income

$54,922$81,875

Median home value

$158,600$217,800

Median gross rent

$990$1,179

Tiffin

Population

3,3515,271

Median household income

$78,713$106,034

Median home value

$233,000$315,800

Median gross rent

$994$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hills	Tiffin
Under 5	5.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.8%
75 and over	9.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hills	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	79.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hills	Tiffin
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hills	Tiffin
Drove alone	73.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	17.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hills	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	58.8%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	45.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	9.7%
20 or more units	7.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Hills	Tiffin
Poverty rate	8.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1977	2011