Hillsdale vs Jonesville

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

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

Hillsdale has the higher population (8,013 vs 2,257 in Jonesville). Jonesville has the higher median household income ($55,865 vs $47,817 in Hillsdale). Jonesville has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $131,300 in Hillsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
Population	8,013	2,257
Median age	30.1 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,817	$55,865
Median home value	$131,300	$145,500
Median gross rent	$801	$628
Housing units	3,153	1,015
Homeownership rate	50.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
Population	8,097 → 8,013 (-1.0%)	2,409 → 2,257 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$38,189 → $47,817 (+25.2%)	$44,881 → $55,865 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $131,300 (+43.8%)	$95,500 → $145,500 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $801 (+25.9%)	$629 → $628 (-0.2%)

Hillsdale

Population

8,0978,013

Median household income

$38,189$47,817

Median home value

$91,300$131,300

Median gross rent

$636$801

Jonesville

Population

2,4092,257

Median household income

$44,881$55,865

Median home value

$95,500$145,500

Median gross rent

$629$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
Under 5	3.5%	12.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	25.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.2%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	40.5%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
Drove alone	63.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	16.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	9.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
1-unit, detached	60.6%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	10.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Jonesville
Poverty rate	21.2%	21.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1952	1957