Hillcrest vs Potomac Park

A side-by-side comparison of Hillcrest and Potomac Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Potomac Park has the higher population (10,634 vs 10,203 in Hillcrest). Potomac Park has the higher median household income ($45,617 vs $44,954 in Hillcrest). Hillcrest has the higher median home value ($250,300 vs $201,200 in Potomac Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
Population	10,203	10,634
Median age	29.5 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,954	$45,617
Median home value	$250,300	$201,200
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,162
Housing units	3,070	2,759
Homeownership rate	47.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
Population	11,801 → 10,203 (-13.5%)	10,833 → 10,634 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$50,279 → $44,954 (-10.6%)	$40,129 → $45,617 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $250,300 (+44.0%)	$123,800 → $201,200 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,197 (+30.7%)	$1,058 → $1,162 (+9.8%)

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

Potomac Park

Population

10,83310,634

Median household income

$40,129$45,617

Median home value

$123,800$201,200

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
Under 5	6.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	27.5%	28.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	15.7%
25 to 34	17.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	6.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	3.2%
75 and over	4.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
White (non-Hispanic)	13.3%	6.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	82.0%	85.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
No high school diploma	34.8%	45.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
Drove alone	70.3%	73.9%
Carpooled	18.5%	15.9%
Public transit	3.5%	0.9%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
1-unit, detached	77.0%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	6.2%
20 or more units	8.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Hillcrest	Potomac Park
Poverty rate	29.2%	30.9%
Average household size	3.58	4.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1957	1968