Hill City vs Keystone

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

Hill City and Keystone 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 404 in Keystone). Hill City has the higher median household income ($85,714 vs $62,159 in Keystone). Hill City has the higher median home value ($246,700 vs $188,800 in Keystone).

Population, income & housing

	Hill City	Keystone
Population	699	404
Median age	34.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,714	$62,159
Median home value	$246,700	$188,800
Median gross rent	$933	$690
Housing units	311	204
Homeownership rate	81.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill City	Keystone
Population	1,002 → 699 (-30.2%)	427 → 404 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $85,714 (+21.7%)	$47,500 → $62,159 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $246,700 (+47.3%)	$128,100 → $188,800 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $933 (+45.1%)	$581 → $690 (+18.8%)

Hill City

Population

1,002699

Median household income

$70,417$85,714

Median home value

$167,500$246,700

Median gross rent

$643$933

Keystone

Population

427404

Median household income

$47,500$62,159

Median home value

$128,100$188,800

Median gross rent

$581$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill City	Keystone
Under 5	7.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	19.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.7%
75 and over	3.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill City	Keystone
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	73.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill City	Keystone
No high school diploma	4.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill City	Keystone
Drove alone	74.7%	58.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	28.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill City	Keystone
1-unit, detached	67.8%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	41.7%

Poverty & households

	Hill City	Keystone
Poverty rate	3.9%	11.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1992	1978