Hillcrest vs Lost Nation

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

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

Hillcrest has the higher population (1,679 vs 727 in Lost Nation). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($106,419 vs $77,609 in Hillcrest). Lost Nation has the higher median home value ($220,600 vs $151,900 in Hillcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
Population	1,679	727
Median age	37.2 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,609	$106,419
Median home value	$151,900	$220,600
Median gross rent	$1,158	—
Housing units	536	354
Homeownership rate	81.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
Population	1,240 → 1,679 (+35.4%)	639 → 727 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$65,673 → $77,609 (+18.2%)	$112,796 → $106,419 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$124,600 → $151,900 (+21.9%)	$187,500 → $220,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,158 (+27.8%)	—

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

Lost Nation

Population

639727

Median household income

$112,796$106,419

Median home value

$187,500$220,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
Under 5	4.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	3.0%
18 to 24	13.9%	18.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	20.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	23.4%
75 and over	1.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
Drove alone	79.4%	95.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
1-unit, detached	95.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillcrest	Lost Nation
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.0%
Average household size	3.13	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1979	1991