Airmont vs Hillcrest

A side-by-side comparison of Airmont and Hillcrest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Airmont has the higher population (10,082 vs 8,989 in Hillcrest). Hillcrest has the higher median household income ($142,260 vs $101,868 in Airmont). Airmont has the higher median home value ($649,300 vs $551,200 in Hillcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Airmont	Hillcrest
Population	10,082	8,989
Median age	28.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,868	$142,260
Median home value	$649,300	$551,200
Median gross rent	$1,468	$2,488
Housing units	2,809	2,123
Homeownership rate	78.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airmont	Hillcrest
Population	8,770 → 10,082 (+15.0%)	7,441 → 8,989 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$89,784 → $101,868 (+13.5%)	$94,464 → $142,260 (+50.6%)
Median home value	$508,800 → $649,300 (+27.6%)	$376,200 → $551,200 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,570 → $1,468 (-6.5%)	$1,573 → $2,488 (+58.2%)

Airmont

Population

8,77010,082

Median household income

$89,784$101,868

Median home value

$508,800$649,300

Median gross rent

$1,570$1,468

Hillcrest

Population

7,4418,989

Median household income

$94,464$142,260

Median home value

$376,200$551,200

Median gross rent

$1,573$2,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airmont	Hillcrest
Under 5	7.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	26.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.8%
75 and over	8.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airmont	Hillcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	12.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	34.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airmont	Hillcrest
No high school diploma	14.3%	23.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airmont	Hillcrest
Drove alone	62.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	19.2%	5.2%
Public transit	4.3%	9.7%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.4%
Other means	1.8%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airmont	Hillcrest
1-unit, detached	80.1%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Airmont	Hillcrest
Poverty rate	12.5%	15.7%
Average household size	3.64	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1968	1968