Hillsdale vs Paola

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

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

Paola has the higher population (5,757 vs 115 in Hillsdale). Paola has the higher median home value ($195,000 vs $167,200 in Hillsdale). Since 2019, Paola's population has grown faster (+2.6% vs -63.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Paola
Population	115	5,757
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,281
Median home value	$167,200	$195,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,069
Housing units	50	2,667
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Paola
Population	311 → 115 (-63.0%)	5,611 → 5,757 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$60,764 → $59,271 (-2.5%)	$51,324 → $73,281 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $167,200 (+30.3%)	$134,800 → $195,000 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $1,069 (+46.8%)

Hillsdale

Population

311115

Median household income

$60,764$59,271

Median home value

$128,300$167,200

Paola

Population

5,6115,757

Median household income

$51,324$73,281

Median home value

$134,800$195,000

Median gross rent

$728$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Paola
Under 5	6.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	30.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	3.5%	11.2%
75 and over	20.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Paola
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Paola
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	71.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Paola
Drove alone	75.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Paola
1-unit, detached	80.0%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Paola
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	2010	1970