Hills vs Luverne

A side-by-side comparison of Hills and Luverne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Luverne has the higher population (4,907 vs 834 in Hills). Hills has the higher median household income ($67,393 vs $66,145 in Luverne). Hills has the higher median home value ($184,800 vs $181,100 in Luverne).

Population, income & housing

	Hills	Luverne
Population	834	4,907
Median age	43.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,393	$66,145
Median home value	$184,800	$181,100
Median gross rent	$962	$718
Housing units	367	2,203
Homeownership rate	68.3%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hills	Luverne
Population	719 → 834 (+16.0%)	4,564 → 4,907 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$61,705 → $67,393 (+9.2%)	$56,552 → $66,145 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $184,800 (+69.7%)	$141,600 → $181,100 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $962 (+20.3%)	$669 → $718 (+7.3%)

Hills

Population

719834

Median household income

$61,705$67,393

Median home value

$108,900$184,800

Median gross rent

$800$962

Luverne

Population

4,5644,907

Median household income

$56,552$66,145

Median home value

$141,600$181,100

Median gross rent

$669$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hills	Luverne
Under 5	4.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.6%
75 and over	8.6%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hills	Luverne
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hills	Luverne
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	44.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hills	Luverne
Drove alone	91.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hills	Luverne
1-unit, detached	84.5%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Hills	Luverne
Poverty rate	10.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1960	1960