Byron vs Hillcrest

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

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

Byron has the higher population (3,742 vs 1,679 in Hillcrest). Byron has the higher median household income ($78,235 vs $77,609 in Hillcrest). Byron has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $151,900 in Hillcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Hillcrest
Population	3,742	1,679
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,235	$77,609
Median home value	$182,600	$151,900
Median gross rent	$941	$1,158
Housing units	1,521	536
Homeownership rate	70.9%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Hillcrest
Population	3,611 → 3,742 (+3.6%)	1,240 → 1,679 (+35.4%)
Median household income	$61,471 → $78,235 (+27.3%)	$65,673 → $77,609 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $182,600 (+27.4%)	$124,600 → $151,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $941 (+23.5%)	$906 → $1,158 (+27.8%)

Byron

Population

3,6113,742

Median household income

$61,471$78,235

Median home value

$143,300$182,600

Median gross rent

$762$941

Hillcrest

Population

1,2401,679

Median household income

$65,673$77,609

Median home value

$124,600$151,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Hillcrest
Under 5	7.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	13.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.4%
75 and over	8.5%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Hillcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	62.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Hillcrest
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Hillcrest
Drove alone	78.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.5%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	11.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Hillcrest
1-unit, detached	74.3%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Hillcrest
Poverty rate	9.0%	10.3%
Average household size	2.48	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1984	1979