Hillsdale vs Leonia

A side-by-side comparison of Hillsdale and Leonia: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillsdale and Leonia are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillsdale has the higher population (10,086 vs 9,300 in Leonia). Hillsdale has the higher median household income ($169,862 vs $116,429 in Leonia). Hillsdale has the higher median home value ($656,800 vs $634,500 in Leonia).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Leonia
Population	10,086	9,300
Median age	42.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$169,862	$116,429
Median home value	$656,800	$634,500
Median gross rent	$1,720	$2,149
Housing units	3,479	3,565
Homeownership rate	90.3%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Leonia
Population	10,346 → 10,086 (-2.5%)	9,086 → 9,300 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$146,080 → $169,862 (+16.3%)	$102,250 → $116,429 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$566,200 → $656,800 (+16.0%)	$506,100 → $634,500 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,720 (+22.4%)	$1,444 → $2,149 (+48.8%)

Hillsdale

Population

10,34610,086

Median household income

$146,080$169,862

Median home value

$566,200$656,800

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,720

Leonia

Population

9,0869,300

Median household income

$102,250$116,429

Median home value

$506,100$634,500

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Leonia
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.7%
75 and over	6.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Leonia
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	32.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Leonia
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	16.5%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Leonia
Drove alone	60.3%	57.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.1%
Public transit	6.2%	12.6%
Walked	0.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	21.8%	14.6%
Other means	3.8%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Leonia
1-unit, detached	84.4%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Leonia
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1959	1946