Hill City vs Morland

A side-by-side comparison of Hill City and Morland: population, income, housing, and more.

Hill City and Morland are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hill City has the higher population (1,536 vs 143 in Morland). Morland has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $49,899 in Hill City). Hill City has the higher median home value ($89,300 vs $59,500 in Morland).

Population, income & housing

	Hill City	Morland
Population	1,536	143
Median age	39.7 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,899	$60,417
Median home value	$89,300	$59,500
Median gross rent	$729	—
Housing units	826	103
Homeownership rate	71.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill City	Morland
Population	1,629 → 1,536 (-5.7%)	177 → 143 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$42,206 → $49,899 (+18.2%)	$60,536 → $60,417 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $89,300 (+10.8%)	$59,300 → $59,500 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $729 (+20.5%)	—

Hill City

Population

1,6291,536

Median household income

$42,206$49,899

Median home value

$80,600$89,300

Median gross rent

$605$729

Morland

Population

177143

Median household income

$60,536$60,417

Median home value

$59,300$59,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill City	Morland
Under 5	5.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	7.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	47.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.2%
75 and over	8.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill City	Morland
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill City	Morland
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill City	Morland
Drove alone	84.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	17.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill City	Morland
1-unit, detached	84.7%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Hill City	Morland
Poverty rate	15.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.06	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	9	24
Median year structure built	1958	1950