Hillside Lake vs Hopewell Junction

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

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

Hopewell Junction has the higher population (1,113 vs 1,073 in Hillside Lake). Hillside Lake has the higher median household income ($98,438 vs $77,391 in Hopewell Junction). Hopewell Junction has the higher median home value ($686,300 vs $305,800 in Hillside Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
Population	1,073	1,113
Median age	46.6 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,438	$77,391
Median home value	$305,800	$686,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,469
Housing units	412	442
Homeownership rate	100.0%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
Population	1,200 → 1,073 (-10.6%)	510 → 1,113 (+118.2%)
Median household income	$112,950 → $98,438 (-12.8%)	$104,250 → $77,391 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $305,800 (+32.6%)	$251,700 → $686,300 (+172.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,098 → $1,469 (+33.8%)

Hillside Lake

Population

1,2001,073

Median household income

$112,950$98,438

Median home value

$230,700$305,800

Hopewell Junction

Population

5101,113

Median household income

$104,250$77,391

Median home value

$251,700$686,300

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	29.5%
18 to 24	15.1%	0.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	19.7%	15.5%
75 and over	4.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	39.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	16.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	38.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
Drove alone	79.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	5.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
1-unit, detached	100.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Hillside Lake	Hopewell Junction
Poverty rate	1.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1969	2011