Hillcrest Heights vs Summerfield

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

Hillcrest Heights and Summerfield 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 15,635 in Summerfield). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($92,042 vs $77,696 in Hillcrest Heights). Hillcrest Heights has the higher median home value ($340,500 vs $339,800 in Summerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
Population	15,670	15,635
Median age	41.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,696	$92,042
Median home value	$340,500	$339,800
Median gross rent	$1,446	$2,032
Housing units	7,484	6,240
Homeownership rate	51.2%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
Population	16,388 → 15,670 (-4.4%)	14,343 → 15,635 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$63,767 → $77,696 (+21.8%)	$82,904 → $92,042 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$239,200 → $340,500 (+42.3%)	$257,700 → $339,800 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,446 (+13.6%)	$1,752 → $2,032 (+16.0%)

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

Summerfield

Population

14,34315,635

Median household income

$82,904$92,042

Median home value

$257,700$339,800

Median gross rent

$1,752$2,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
Under 5	3.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	18.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.6%
75 and over	7.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	1.7%
Black or African American	84.3%	84.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
Drove alone	62.5%	56.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	10.7%
Public transit	16.1%	9.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	18.5%
Other means	2.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	29.0%	16.9%
1-unit, attached	31.4%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	17.5%
20 or more units	16.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillcrest Heights	Summerfield
Poverty rate	11.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1962	1987