Aitkin vs Hill City

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

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

Aitkin has the higher population (2,217 vs 543 in Hill City). Aitkin has the higher median household income ($45,813 vs $39,583 in Hill City). Aitkin has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $102,900 in Hill City).

Population, income & housing

	Aitkin	Hill City
Population	2,217	543
Median age	47.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,813	$39,583
Median home value	$172,800	$102,900
Median gross rent	$657	$878
Housing units	1,068	342
Homeownership rate	60.8%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aitkin	Hill City
Population	2,330 → 2,217 (-4.8%)	654 → 543 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$35,294 → $45,813 (+29.8%)	$37,083 → $39,583 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $172,800 (+42.3%)	$85,300 → $102,900 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $657 (-4.4%)	$609 → $878 (+44.2%)

Aitkin

Population

2,3302,217

Median household income

$35,294$45,813

Median home value

$121,400$172,800

Median gross rent

$687$657

Hill City

Population

654543

Median household income

$37,083$39,583

Median home value

$85,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$609$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aitkin	Hill City
Under 5	4.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	19.0%
75 and over	19.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aitkin	Hill City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aitkin	Hill City
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aitkin	Hill City
Drove alone	70.5%	92.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aitkin	Hill City
1-unit, detached	57.6%	37.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	35.1%
20 or more units	24.4%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Aitkin	Hill City
Poverty rate	19.1%	23.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1969	1976