Adelphi vs Hillcrest Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Adelphi and Hillcrest Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adelphi has the higher population (17,210 vs 15,670 in Hillcrest Heights). Adelphi has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $77,696 in Hillcrest Heights). Adelphi has the higher median home value ($401,700 vs $340,500 in Hillcrest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
Population	17,210	15,670
Median age	32.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,833	$77,696
Median home value	$401,700	$340,500
Median gross rent	$1,757	$1,446
Housing units	5,714	7,484
Homeownership rate	42.7%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
Population	16,377 → 17,210 (+5.1%)	16,388 → 15,670 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$75,248 → $80,833 (+7.4%)	$63,767 → $77,696 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$313,700 → $401,700 (+28.1%)	$239,200 → $340,500 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,502 → $1,757 (+17.0%)	$1,273 → $1,446 (+13.6%)

Adelphi

Population

16,37717,210

Median household income

$75,248$80,833

Median home value

$313,700$401,700

Median gross rent

$1,502$1,757

Hillcrest Heights

Population

16,38815,670

Median household income

$63,767$77,696

Median home value

$239,200$340,500

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.6%
75 and over	4.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	10.6%	4.9%
Black or African American	29.9%	84.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	50.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
No high school diploma	27.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
Drove alone	53.5%	62.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	3.9%
Public transit	10.5%	16.1%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	14.8%
Other means	3.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
1-unit, detached	32.5%	29.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	31.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	30.4%	20.3%
20 or more units	32.1%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adelphi	Hillcrest Heights
Poverty rate	17.2%	11.2%
Average household size	3.19	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1967	1962