Hill City vs Tamarack

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

Hill City and Tamarack 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 42 in Tamarack). Tamarack has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $39,583 in Hill City). Tamarack has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $102,900 in Hill City).

Population, income & housing

	Hill City	Tamarack
Population	543	42
Median age	38.4 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$49,375
Median home value	$102,900	$158,300
Median gross rent	$878	—
Housing units	342	37
Homeownership rate	65.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill City	Tamarack
Population	654 → 543 (-17.0%)	115 → 42 (-63.5%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $39,583 (+6.7%)	$39,375 → $49,375 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $102,900 (+20.6%)	$67,500 → $158,300 (+134.5%)
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

Tamarack

Population

11542

Median household income

$39,375$49,375

Median home value

$67,500$158,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill City	Tamarack
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.4%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	42.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	23.8%
75 and over	8.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill City	Tamarack
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill City	Tamarack
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill City	Tamarack
Drove alone	92.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill City	Tamarack
1-unit, detached	37.4%	91.9%
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%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Hill City	Tamarack
Poverty rate	23.5%	19.0%
Average household size	2.25	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1976	1967