Hilltop vs Zebulon

A side-by-side comparison of Hilltop and Zebulon: population, income, housing, and more.

Hilltop and Zebulon are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Zebulon has the higher population (1,711 vs 251 in Hilltop). Zebulon has the higher median home value ($210,800 vs $188,400 in Hilltop). Since 2019, Hilltop's population has grown faster (+102.4% vs +58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltop	Zebulon
Population	251	1,711
Median age	43.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,917
Median home value	$188,400	$210,800
Median gross rent	—	$955
Housing units	101	730
Homeownership rate	84.3%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltop	Zebulon
Population	124 → 251 (+102.4%)	1,078 → 1,711 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$12,431 → $11,953 (-3.8%)	$42,222 → $47,917 (+13.5%)
Median home value	—	$123,000 → $210,800 (+71.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$788 → $955 (+21.2%)

Hilltop

Population

124251

Median household income

$12,431$11,953

Zebulon

Population

1,0781,711

Median household income

$42,222$47,917

Median home value

$123,000$210,800

Median gross rent

$788$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilltop	Zebulon
Under 5	7.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	22.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	19.1%	6.4%
75 and over	2.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltop	Zebulon
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	70.3%
Black or African American	44.6%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltop	Zebulon
No high school diploma	13.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	20.6%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	65.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltop	Zebulon
Drove alone	91.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltop	Zebulon
1-unit, detached	96.0%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Hilltop	Zebulon
Poverty rate	13.5%	30.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1986	1984