Hilltop vs Martin Lake

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

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

Martin Lake has the higher population (1,203 vs 1,056 in Hilltop). Martin Lake has the higher median household income ($120,705 vs $47,708 in Hilltop). Martin Lake has the higher median home value ($426,100 vs $24,600 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
Population	1,056	1,203
Median age	32.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,708	$120,705
Median home value	$24,600	$426,100
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,589
Housing units	412	541
Homeownership rate	57.8%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
Population	1,049 → 1,056 (+0.7%)	806 → 1,203 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$36,023 → $47,708 (+32.4%)	$71,332 → $120,705 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$18,800 → $24,600 (+30.9%)	$214,200 → $426,100 (+98.9%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $1,092 (+42.2%)	$654 → $1,589 (+143.0%)

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

Martin Lake

Population

8061,203

Median household income

$71,332$120,705

Median home value

$214,200$426,100

Median gross rent

$654$1,589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
Under 5	10.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.1%
75 and over	1.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	26.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
No high school diploma	34.9%	14.7%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
Drove alone	72.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	12.4%	18.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
1-unit, detached	3.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	62.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hilltop	Martin Lake
Poverty rate	12.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1971	1985