Hill City vs Wall

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

Hill City and Wall 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 595 in Wall). Hill City has the higher median household income ($85,714 vs $72,784 in Wall). Hill City has the higher median home value ($246,700 vs $149,600 in Wall).

Population, income & housing

	Hill City	Wall
Population	699	595
Median age	34.9 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,714	$72,784
Median home value	$246,700	$149,600
Median gross rent	$933	$514
Housing units	311	320
Homeownership rate	81.7%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hill City	Wall
Population	1,002 → 699 (-30.2%)	814 → 595 (-26.9%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $85,714 (+21.7%)	$69,107 → $72,784 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $246,700 (+47.3%)	$112,000 → $149,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $933 (+45.1%)	$585 → $514 (-12.1%)

Hill City

Population

1,002699

Median household income

$70,417$85,714

Median home value

$167,500$246,700

Median gross rent

$643$933

Wall

Population

814595

Median household income

$69,107$72,784

Median home value

$112,000$149,600

Median gross rent

$585$514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hill City	Wall
Under 5	7.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	17.5%
75 and over	3.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hill City	Wall
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hill City	Wall
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hill City	Wall
Drove alone	74.7%	89.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hill City	Wall
1-unit, detached	67.8%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Hill City	Wall
Poverty rate	3.9%	2.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1992	1971