East Franklin vs The Hills

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

East Franklin 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.

The Hills has the higher population (10,732 vs 10,281 in East Franklin). The Hills has the higher median household income ($142,750 vs $105,363 in East Franklin). The Hills has the higher median home value ($570,100 vs $366,900 in East Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	East Franklin	The Hills
Population	10,281	10,732
Median age	30.4 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,363	$142,750
Median home value	$366,900	$570,100
Median gross rent	$1,794	$2,240
Housing units	3,023	5,126
Homeownership rate	47.9%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	75.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Franklin	The Hills
Population	7,649 → 10,281 (+34.4%)	11,002 → 10,732 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$64,479 → $105,363 (+63.4%)	$142,422 → $142,750 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$268,300 → $366,900 (+36.7%)	$461,400 → $570,100 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,794 (+31.9%)	$2,155 → $2,240 (+3.9%)

East Franklin

Population

7,64910,281

Median household income

$64,479$105,363

Median home value

$268,300$366,900

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,794

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)

	East Franklin	The Hills
Under 5	7.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.3%
75 and over	3.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Franklin	The Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	54.2%
Black or African American	24.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	32.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	5.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	56.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Franklin	The Hills
No high school diploma	21.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	30.1%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	38.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Franklin	The Hills
Drove alone	54.8%	65.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.0%
Public transit	1.4%	3.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	27.4%
Other means	18.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Franklin	The Hills
1-unit, detached	51.2%	23.4%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	49.2%
2 to 4 units	25.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	17.9%
20 or more units	7.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Franklin	The Hills
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.4%
Average household size	3.40	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1967	1990