Hillandale vs Poolesville

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

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

Poolesville has the higher population (5,704 vs 4,901 in Hillandale). Poolesville has the higher median household income ($216,653 vs $159,118 in Hillandale). Poolesville has the higher median home value ($672,300 vs $509,900 in Hillandale).

Population, income & housing

	Hillandale	Poolesville
Population	4,901	5,704
Median age	41.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$159,118	$216,653
Median home value	$509,900	$672,300
Median gross rent	$3,217	—
Housing units	1,563	2,030
Homeownership rate	87.8%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	67.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillandale	Poolesville
Population	6,487 → 4,901 (-24.4%)	5,191 → 5,704 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$115,096 → $159,118 (+38.2%)	$180,524 → $216,653 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$416,700 → $509,900 (+22.4%)	$475,000 → $672,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,528 → $3,217 (+110.5%)	$2,078 → $1,786 (-14.1%)

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

Poolesville

Population

5,1915,704

Median household income

$180,524$216,653

Median home value

$475,000$672,300

Median gross rent

$2,078$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillandale	Poolesville
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	17.8%	9.9%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillandale	Poolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	73.3%
Black or African American	21.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillandale	Poolesville
No high school diploma	12.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	19.6%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillandale	Poolesville
Drove alone	58.1%	55.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.2%
Public transit	8.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	37.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillandale	Poolesville
1-unit, detached	92.6%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillandale	Poolesville
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.8%
Average household size	3.23	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1961	1985