Hill City vs Johnson Siding

A side-by-side comparison of Hill City and Johnson Siding: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hill City has the higher population (699 vs 671 in Johnson Siding). Johnson Siding has the higher median household income ($100,972 vs $85,714 in Hill City). Johnson Siding has the higher median home value ($432,800 vs $246,700 in Hill City).

Population, income & housing

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
Population	699	671
Median age	34.9 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,714	$100,972
Median home value	$246,700	$432,800
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	311	282
Homeownership rate	81.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
Population	1,002 → 699 (-30.2%)	597 → 671 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $85,714 (+21.7%)	$75,882 → $100,972 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $246,700 (+47.3%)	$265,700 → $432,800 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $933 (+45.1%)	—

Hill City

Population

1,002699

Median household income

$70,417$85,714

Median home value

$167,500$246,700

Median gross rent

$643$933

Johnson Siding

Population

597671

Median household income

$75,882$100,972

Median home value

$265,700$432,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
Under 5	7.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	22.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	4.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	27.4%
75 and over	3.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
Drove alone	74.7%	89.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
1-unit, detached	67.8%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Hill City	Johnson Siding
Poverty rate	3.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1992	1977