Hillandale vs Layhill

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

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

Layhill has the higher population (5,392 vs 4,901 in Hillandale). Hillandale has the higher median household income ($159,118 vs $119,453 in Layhill). Layhill has the higher median home value ($582,600 vs $509,900 in Hillandale).

Population, income & housing

	Hillandale	Layhill
Population	4,901	5,392
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$159,118	$119,453
Median home value	$509,900	$582,600
Median gross rent	$3,217	$1,953
Housing units	1,563	1,696
Homeownership rate	87.8%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillandale	Layhill
Population	6,487 → 4,901 (-24.4%)	5,216 → 5,392 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$115,096 → $159,118 (+38.2%)	$102,259 → $119,453 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$416,700 → $509,900 (+22.4%)	$451,000 → $582,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,528 → $3,217 (+110.5%)	$1,951 → $1,953 (+0.1%)

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

Layhill

Population

5,2165,392

Median household income

$102,259$119,453

Median home value

$451,000$582,600

Median gross rent

$1,951$1,953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillandale	Layhill
Under 5	6.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	17.8%	11.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillandale	Layhill
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	19.3%
Black or African American	21.6%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillandale	Layhill
No high school diploma	12.3%	12.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillandale	Layhill
Drove alone	58.1%	53.9%
Carpooled	11.6%	14.8%
Public transit	8.0%	10.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	16.1%
Other means	1.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillandale	Layhill
1-unit, detached	92.6%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	41.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillandale	Layhill
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.3%
Average household size	3.23	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	40
Median year structure built	1961	1979