Hill City vs Palisade

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

Hill City and Palisade 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 135 in Palisade). Hill City has the higher median household income ($39,583 vs $36,250 in Palisade). Hill City has the higher median home value ($102,900 vs $87,500 in Palisade).

Population, income & housing

	Hill City	Palisade
Population	543	135
Median age	38.4 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$36,250
Median home value	$102,900	$87,500
Median gross rent	$878	—
Housing units	342	87
Homeownership rate	65.7%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill City	Palisade
Population	654 → 543 (-17.0%)	228 → 135 (-40.8%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $39,583 (+6.7%)	$34,167 → $36,250 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $102,900 (+20.6%)	$102,500 → $87,500 (-14.6%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $878 (+44.2%)	—

Hill City

Population

654543

Median household income

$37,083$39,583

Median home value

$85,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$609$878

Palisade

Population

228135

Median household income

$34,167$36,250

Median home value

$102,500$87,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill City	Palisade
Under 5	7.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	4.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	25.2%
65 to 74	19.0%	22.2%
75 and over	8.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill City	Palisade
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill City	Palisade
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill City	Palisade
Drove alone	92.7%	90.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.5%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill City	Palisade
1-unit, detached	37.4%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	35.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Hill City	Palisade
Poverty rate	23.5%	20.6%
Average household size	2.25	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	41
Median year structure built	1976	1947