Bound Brook vs The Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Bound Brook and The Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bound Brook has the higher population (12,023 vs 10,732 in The Hills). The Hills has the higher median household income ($142,750 vs $80,876 in Bound Brook). The Hills has the higher median home value ($570,100 vs $362,900 in Bound Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Bound Brook	The Hills
Population	12,023	10,732
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,876	$142,750
Median home value	$362,900	$570,100
Median gross rent	$1,842	$2,240
Housing units	4,783	5,126
Homeownership rate	41.8%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	75.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bound Brook	The Hills
Population	10,288 → 12,023 (+16.9%)	11,002 → 10,732 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$70,540 → $80,876 (+14.7%)	$142,422 → $142,750 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$273,700 → $362,900 (+32.6%)	$461,400 → $570,100 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,443 → $1,842 (+27.7%)	$2,155 → $2,240 (+3.9%)

Bound Brook

Population

10,28812,023

Median household income

$70,540$80,876

Median home value

$273,700$362,900

Median gross rent

$1,443$1,842

The Hills

Population

11,00210,732

Median household income

$142,422$142,750

Median home value

$461,400$570,100

Median gross rent

$2,155$2,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bound Brook	The Hills
Under 5	5.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	18.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.3%
75 and over	5.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bound Brook	The Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	54.2%
Black or African American	6.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	32.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bound Brook	The Hills
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	38.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bound Brook	The Hills
Drove alone	65.2%	65.4%
Carpooled	15.4%	3.0%
Public transit	4.1%	3.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	27.4%
Other means	6.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bound Brook	The Hills
1-unit, detached	41.2%	23.4%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	49.2%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	17.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bound Brook	The Hills
Poverty rate	10.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1955	1990