Davis Junction vs Hillcrest

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

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

Davis Junction has the higher population (2,656 vs 1,679 in Hillcrest). Davis Junction has the higher median household income ($103,615 vs $77,609 in Hillcrest). Davis Junction has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $151,900 in Hillcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
Population	2,656	1,679
Median age	29.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,615	$77,609
Median home value	$198,200	$151,900
Median gross rent	$735	$1,158
Housing units	886	536
Homeownership rate	93.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
Population	2,479 → 2,656 (+7.1%)	1,240 → 1,679 (+35.4%)
Median household income	$72,031 → $103,615 (+43.8%)	$65,673 → $77,609 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $198,200 (+35.9%)	$124,600 → $151,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $735 (-26.2%)	$906 → $1,158 (+27.8%)

Davis Junction

Population

2,4792,656

Median household income

$72,031$103,615

Median home value

$145,800$198,200

Median gross rent

$996$735

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)

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
Under 5	9.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	26.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	13.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	18.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	3.7%	12.4%
75 and over	2.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	62.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	1.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	26.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
Drove alone	82.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
1-unit, detached	83.5%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Davis Junction	Hillcrest
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.3%
Average household size	3.09	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	36	20
Median year structure built	2002	1979