Hillside Lake vs New Hackensack

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

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

New Hackensack has the higher population (1,077 vs 1,073 in Hillside Lake). New Hackensack has the higher median household income ($134,063 vs $98,438 in Hillside Lake). New Hackensack has the higher median home value ($379,400 vs $305,800 in Hillside Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
Population	1,073	1,077
Median age	46.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,438	$134,063
Median home value	$305,800	$379,400
Housing units	412	393
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
Population	1,200 → 1,073 (-10.6%)	1,327 → 1,077 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$112,950 → $98,438 (-12.8%)	$102,949 → $134,063 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $305,800 (+32.6%)	$309,400 → $379,400 (+22.6%)

Hillside Lake

Population

1,2001,073

Median household income

$112,950$98,438

Median home value

$230,700$305,800

New Hackensack

Population

1,3271,077

Median household income

$102,949$134,063

Median home value

$309,400$379,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
Under 5	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	15.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.5%
55 to 64	20.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	19.7%	12.0%
75 and over	4.0%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	67.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	38.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
Drove alone	79.7%	56.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	43.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Hillside Lake	New Hackensack
Poverty rate	1.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1969	1966