Burnt Mills vs Hillandale

A side-by-side comparison of Burnt Mills and Hillandale: population, income, housing, and more.

Burnt Mills and Hillandale are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillandale has the higher population (4,901 vs 4,111 in Burnt Mills). Hillandale has the higher median household income ($159,118 vs $109,402 in Burnt Mills). Burnt Mills has the higher median home value ($568,100 vs $509,900 in Hillandale).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
Population	4,111	4,901
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,402	$159,118
Median home value	$568,100	$509,900
Median gross rent	$1,838	$3,217
Housing units	1,246	1,563
Homeownership rate	83.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
Population	4,083 → 4,111 (+0.7%)	6,487 → 4,901 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$103,207 → $109,402 (+6.0%)	$115,096 → $159,118 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$445,700 → $568,100 (+27.5%)	$416,700 → $509,900 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,043 → $1,838 (-10.0%)	$1,528 → $3,217 (+110.5%)

Burnt Mills

Population

4,0834,111

Median household income

$103,207$109,402

Median home value

$445,700$568,100

Median gross rent

$2,043$1,838

Hillandale

Population

6,4874,901

Median household income

$115,096$159,118

Median home value

$416,700$509,900

Median gross rent

$1,528$3,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	17.8%
75 and over	3.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
White (non-Hispanic)	23.0%	31.4%
Black or African American	27.9%	21.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	41.2%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	23.4%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
Drove alone	70.8%	58.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	11.6%
Public transit	4.8%	8.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.4%	19.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
1-unit, detached	76.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Mills	Hillandale
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.4%
Average household size	3.29	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1964	1961