Hill City vs McGregor

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

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

Hill City has the higher population (543 vs 431 in McGregor). Hill City has the higher median household income ($39,583 vs $28,750 in McGregor). McGregor has the higher median home value ($115,500 vs $102,900 in Hill City).

Population, income & housing

	Hill City	McGregor
Population	543	431
Median age	38.4 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$28,750
Median home value	$102,900	$115,500
Median gross rent	$878	$678
Housing units	342	181
Homeownership rate	65.7%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill City	McGregor
Population	654 → 543 (-17.0%)	392 → 431 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $39,583 (+6.7%)	$35,250 → $28,750 (-18.4%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $102,900 (+20.6%)	$85,000 → $115,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $878 (+44.2%)	$593 → $678 (+14.3%)

Hill City

Population

654543

Median household income

$37,083$39,583

Median home value

$85,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$609$878

McGregor

Population

392431

Median household income

$35,250$28,750

Median home value

$85,000$115,500

Median gross rent

$593$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill City	McGregor
Under 5	7.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	4.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	19.0%	10.4%
75 and over	8.7%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill City	McGregor
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill City	McGregor
No high school diploma	6.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	40.1%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill City	McGregor
Drove alone	92.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.7%
Other means	3.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill City	McGregor
1-unit, detached	37.4%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	35.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	8.5%	18.8%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Hill City	McGregor
Poverty rate	23.5%	25.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1976	1970