Hillcrest Heights vs Kettering

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

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

Hillcrest Heights has the higher population (15,670 vs 13,866 in Kettering). Kettering has the higher median household income ($124,036 vs $77,696 in Hillcrest Heights). Kettering has the higher median home value ($416,500 vs $340,500 in Hillcrest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
Population	15,670	13,866
Median age	41.2 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,696	$124,036
Median home value	$340,500	$416,500
Median gross rent	$1,446	$2,285
Housing units	7,484	5,985
Homeownership rate	51.2%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
Population	16,388 → 15,670 (-4.4%)	13,527 → 13,866 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$63,767 → $77,696 (+21.8%)	$93,698 → $124,036 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$239,200 → $340,500 (+42.3%)	$301,500 → $416,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,446 (+13.6%)	$1,811 → $2,285 (+26.2%)

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

Kettering

Population

13,52713,866

Median household income

$93,698$124,036

Median home value

$301,500$416,500

Median gross rent

$1,811$2,285

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
Under 5	3.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	15.1%
75 and over	7.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	4.9%
Black or African American	84.3%	82.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
Drove alone	62.5%	63.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	15.5%
Public transit	16.1%	6.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	13.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
1-unit, detached	29.0%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	31.4%	40.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	16.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillcrest Heights	Kettering
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	38	37
Median year structure built	1962	1989