Hills vs Magnolia

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

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

Hills has the higher population (834 vs 191 in Magnolia). Hills has the higher median household income ($67,393 vs $47,159 in Magnolia). Hills has the higher median home value ($184,800 vs $78,000 in Magnolia).

Population, income & housing

	Hills	Magnolia
Population	834	191
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,393	$47,159
Median home value	$184,800	$78,000
Median gross rent	$962	$754
Housing units	367	92
Homeownership rate	68.3%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hills	Magnolia
Population	719 → 834 (+16.0%)	201 → 191 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$61,705 → $67,393 (+9.2%)	$46,250 → $47,159 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $184,800 (+69.7%)	$80,000 → $78,000 (-2.5%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $962 (+20.3%)	$650 → $754 (+16.0%)

Hills

Population

719834

Median household income

$61,705$67,393

Median home value

$108,900$184,800

Median gross rent

$800$962

Magnolia

Population

201191

Median household income

$46,250$47,159

Median home value

$80,000$78,000

Median gross rent

$650$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hills	Magnolia
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	23.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	1.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.3%
55 to 64	19.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.3%
75 and over	8.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hills	Magnolia
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hills	Magnolia
No high school diploma	7.2%	24.1%
High school graduate	44.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hills	Magnolia
Drove alone	91.2%	95.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hills	Magnolia
1-unit, detached	84.5%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Hills	Magnolia
Poverty rate	10.7%	15.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1960	1960