Hilltop vs Lexington

A side-by-side comparison of Hilltop and Lexington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lexington has the higher population (2,616 vs 1,056 in Hilltop). Lexington has the higher median household income ($72,955 vs $47,708 in Hilltop). Lexington has the higher median home value ($282,000 vs $24,600 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltop	Lexington
Population	1,056	2,616
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$72,955
Median home value	$24,600	$282,000
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,462
Housing units	412	1,196
Homeownership rate	57.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltop	Lexington
Population	1,049 → 1,056 (+0.7%)	2,144 → 2,616 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$36,023 → $47,708 (+32.4%)	$57,025 → $72,955 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$18,800 → $24,600 (+30.9%)	$176,100 → $282,000 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $1,092 (+42.2%)	$1,001 → $1,462 (+46.1%)

Hilltop

Population

1,0491,056

Median household income

$36,023$47,708

Median home value

$18,800$24,600

Median gross rent

$768$1,092

Lexington

Population

2,1442,616

Median household income

$57,025$72,955

Median home value

$176,100$282,000

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilltop	Lexington
Under 5	10.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.1%
75 and over	1.1%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltop	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	69.8%
Black or African American	26.6%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltop	Lexington
No high school diploma	34.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltop	Lexington
Drove alone	72.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.5%
Public transit	1.3%	1.3%
Walked	6.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltop	Lexington
1-unit, detached	3.9%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	10.2%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	62.9%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Hilltop	Lexington
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1971	1976