Hills, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Hills is a Census city of 748 people across 0.63 square miles of land, in Rock County. Median household income is $78,631, 74.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $255,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Hills
What Hills is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.63 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,188
- County holding the largest share of its areaRock County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Hills
- Population748
- Median age45.5 plus or minus 15.9
- Population under 18202 plus or minus 55
- Share under 1827.0 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Population 65 and over125 plus or minus 41
- Share 65 and over16.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households291
- Family households197
- Share of households that are families67.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Hills
- Median household income$78,631
- Per capita income$39,837 plus or minus $8,564
- Civilian labor force432
- Employed404
- Unemployed28 plus or minus 26
- Unemployment rate6.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over531
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.5 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Hills
- Housing units323
- Occupied units291
- Vacant units32 plus or minus 19
- Vacancy rate9.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied218
- Renter occupied73 plus or minus 40
- Ownership rate74.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$197,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$965 plus or minus $319
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Single family units283
- Share single family87.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more36 plus or minus 23
- Share in buildings of two or more11.1 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes4 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Hills gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute384 plus or minus 81
- Commuting under 15 minutes63 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more171 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.5 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Drove alone88.9 percent
- Carpooled4.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home3.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Hills (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$255,000
- Average approval$255,000
- Median approval$255,000
- Largest approval$255,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hills, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Hills
- NFIP communityCity of Hills
- NFIP community number270409
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date07/01/88(L)
The City of Hills participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 270409 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Rock County, not Hills
Rock County context, not Hills figures
- Establishments in Rock County279
- Covered employment, Rock County3,689
- Average annual pay, Rock County$53,870
- Housing units permitted, Rock County68
Every figure in this section is published for Rock County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hills.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Hills questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hills, Minnesota?
748, in 291 households. Hills city covers 0.63 square miles of land, which is 1,188 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hills in?
Rock County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Hills?
$78,631. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $197,200. Median gross rent is $965 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hills businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $255,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $255,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hills, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hills borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hills. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Hills in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Hills appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Hills, city of, community 270409, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Hills figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Rock County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Hills.
Is zoning published for Hills?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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