Amenia vs Hillside Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Amenia and Hillside Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Amenia and Hillside Lake are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillside Lake has the higher population (1,073 vs 928 in Amenia). Hillside Lake has the higher median household income ($98,438 vs $82,781 in Amenia). Hillside Lake has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $269,200 in Amenia).

Population, income & housing

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
Population	928	1,073
Median age	41.1 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,781	$98,438
Median home value	$269,200	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,345	—
Housing units	459	412
Homeownership rate	53.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
Population	1,074 → 928 (-13.6%)	1,200 → 1,073 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$67,750 → $82,781 (+22.2%)	$112,950 → $98,438 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$239,900 → $269,200 (+12.2%)	$230,700 → $305,800 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,345 (+39.7%)	—

Amenia

Population

1,074928

Median household income

$67,750$82,781

Median home value

$239,900$269,200

Median gross rent

$963$1,345

Hillside Lake

Population

1,2001,073

Median household income

$112,950$98,438

Median home value

$230,700$305,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
Under 5	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	15.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	19.7%
75 and over	9.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
No high school diploma	19.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
Drove alone	76.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	1.4%	11.9%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
1-unit, detached	69.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amenia	Hillside Lake
Poverty rate	7.1%	1.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1942	1969