Hillsdale vs Litchfield

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

Hillsdale and Litchfield 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 1,391 in Litchfield). Hillsdale has the higher median household income ($47,817 vs $47,500 in Litchfield). Hillsdale has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $110,400 in Litchfield).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
Population	8,013	1,391
Median age	30.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,817	$47,500
Median home value	$131,300	$110,400
Median gross rent	$801	$706
Housing units	3,153	648
Homeownership rate	50.9%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
Population	8,097 → 8,013 (-1.0%)	1,208 → 1,391 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$38,189 → $47,817 (+25.2%)	$40,714 → $47,500 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $131,300 (+43.8%)	$80,000 → $110,400 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $801 (+25.9%)	$646 → $706 (+9.3%)

Hillsdale

Population

8,0978,013

Median household income

$38,189$47,817

Median home value

$91,300$131,300

Median gross rent

$636$801

Litchfield

Population

1,2081,391

Median household income

$40,714$47,500

Median home value

$80,000$110,400

Median gross rent

$646$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
Under 5	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	25.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	12.9%
75 and over	7.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	40.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
Drove alone	63.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	15.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	16.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
1-unit, detached	60.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	12.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Litchfield
Poverty rate	21.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1952	1965