Colonial Pine Hills vs Hill City

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

Colonial Pine Hills and Hill City are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colonial Pine Hills has the higher population (2,347 vs 699 in Hill City). Hill City has the higher median household income ($85,714 vs $82,262 in Colonial Pine Hills). Colonial Pine Hills has the higher median home value ($348,400 vs $246,700 in Hill City).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
Population	2,347	699
Median age	59.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,262	$85,714
Median home value	$348,400	$246,700
Median gross rent	—	$933
Housing units	1,004	311
Homeownership rate	98.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
Population	2,396 → 2,347 (-2.0%)	1,002 → 699 (-30.2%)
Median household income	$90,824 → $82,262 (-9.4%)	$70,417 → $85,714 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$299,500 → $348,400 (+16.3%)	$167,500 → $246,700 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$643 → $933 (+45.1%)

Colonial Pine Hills

Population

2,3962,347

Median household income

$90,824$82,262

Median home value

$299,500$348,400

Hill City

Population

1,002699

Median household income

$70,417$85,714

Median home value

$167,500$246,700

Median gross rent

$643$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
Under 5	1.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	2.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	27.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	22.0%	10.6%
75 and over	9.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
Drove alone	92.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
1-unit, detached	79.7%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Pine Hills	Hill City
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1991	1992