Hillcrest Heights vs Lake Arbor

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

Hillcrest Heights and Lake Arbor 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 14,932 in Lake Arbor). Lake Arbor has the higher median household income ($128,616 vs $77,696 in Hillcrest Heights). Lake Arbor has the higher median home value ($457,800 vs $340,500 in Hillcrest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
Population	15,670	14,932
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,696	$128,616
Median home value	$340,500	$457,800
Median gross rent	$1,446	$2,293
Housing units	7,484	6,815
Homeownership rate	51.2%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
Population	16,388 → 15,670 (-4.4%)	9,973 → 14,932 (+49.7%)
Median household income	$63,767 → $77,696 (+21.8%)	$94,807 → $128,616 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$239,200 → $340,500 (+42.3%)	$315,600 → $457,800 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,446 (+13.6%)	$1,845 → $2,293 (+24.3%)

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

Lake Arbor

Population

9,97314,932

Median household income

$94,807$128,616

Median home value

$315,600$457,800

Median gross rent

$1,845$2,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
Under 5	3.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.3%
75 and over	7.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	6.7%
Black or African American	84.3%	83.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
Drove alone	62.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.1%
Public transit	16.1%	8.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	14.9%
Other means	2.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
1-unit, detached	29.0%	29.1%
1-unit, attached	31.4%	32.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	13.3%
20 or more units	16.0%	23.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillcrest Heights	Lake Arbor
Poverty rate	11.2%	4.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1962	1998