Babson Park vs Hillcrest Heights

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

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

Babson Park has the higher population (1,156 vs 374 in Hillcrest Heights). Hillcrest Heights has the higher median household income ($115,568 vs $56,500 in Babson Park). Hillcrest Heights has the higher median home value ($223,500 vs $163,700 in Babson Park).

Population, income & housing

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
Population	1,156	374
Median age	22.3 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,500	$115,568
Median home value	$163,700	$223,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	434	136
Homeownership rate	86.6%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
Population	1,313 → 1,156 (-12.0%)	239 → 374 (+56.5%)
Median household income	$55,526 → $56,500 (+1.8%)	$84,688 → $115,568 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $163,700 (+36.1%)	$171,900 → $223,500 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $1,000 (+30.0%)

Babson Park

Population

1,3131,156

Median household income

$55,526$56,500

Median home value

$120,300$163,700

Hillcrest Heights

Population

239374

Median household income

$84,688$115,568

Median home value

$171,900$223,500

Median gross rent

$769$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	34.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	6.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	24.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	17.1%
75 and over	0.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	11.2%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
No high school diploma	21.3%	15.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
Drove alone	73.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
1-unit, detached	93.3%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Babson Park	Hillcrest Heights
Poverty rate	15.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.84	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1971	1976