Golden Hills vs Hillcrest

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Hills and Hillcrest: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden Hills and Hillcrest are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden Hills has the higher population (10,445 vs 10,203 in Hillcrest). Golden Hills has the higher median household income ($94,654 vs $44,954 in Hillcrest). Golden Hills has the higher median home value ($376,300 vs $250,300 in Hillcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
Population	10,445	10,203
Median age	37.3 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,654	$44,954
Median home value	$376,300	$250,300
Median gross rent	$1,248	$1,197
Housing units	4,358	3,070
Homeownership rate	78.8%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
Population	9,351 → 10,445 (+11.7%)	11,801 → 10,203 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$64,862 → $94,654 (+45.9%)	$50,279 → $44,954 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$261,000 → $376,300 (+44.2%)	$173,800 → $250,300 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $1,248 (+20.5%)	$916 → $1,197 (+30.7%)

Golden Hills

Population

9,35110,445

Median household income

$64,862$94,654

Median home value

$261,000$376,300

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,248

Hillcrest

Population

11,80110,203

Median household income

$50,279$44,954

Median home value

$173,800$250,300

Median gross rent

$916$1,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
Under 5	7.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	27.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	6.2%
75 and over	6.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	13.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	82.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
No high school diploma	8.1%	34.8%
High school graduate	26.4%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
Drove alone	79.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	18.5%
Public transit	0.1%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
1-unit, detached	84.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Golden Hills	Hillcrest
Poverty rate	12.0%	29.2%
Average household size	2.65	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1986	1957