Hillburn vs Sparkill

A side-by-side comparison of Hillburn and Sparkill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sparkill has the higher population (1,376 vs 1,170 in Hillburn). Sparkill has the higher median household income ($212,083 vs $81,406 in Hillburn). Sparkill has the higher median home value ($677,200 vs $467,600 in Hillburn).

Population, income & housing

	Hillburn	Sparkill
Population	1,170	1,376
Median age	34.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,406	$212,083
Median home value	$467,600	$677,200
Median gross rent	$2,109	—
Housing units	403	493
Homeownership rate	53.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	67.3%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillburn	Sparkill
Population	918 → 1,170 (+27.5%)	1,586 → 1,376 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$69,531 → $81,406 (+17.1%)	$119,313 → $212,083 (+77.8%)
Median home value	$315,600 → $467,600 (+48.2%)	$443,900 → $677,200 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,806 → $2,109 (+16.8%)	—

Hillburn

Population

9181,170

Median household income

$69,531$81,406

Median home value

$315,600$467,600

Median gross rent

$1,806$2,109

Sparkill

Population

1,5861,376

Median household income

$119,313$212,083

Median home value

$443,900$677,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillburn	Sparkill
Under 5	10.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.6%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	19.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	4.2%
75 and over	6.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillburn	Sparkill
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	68.2%
Black or African American	15.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillburn	Sparkill
No high school diploma	11.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	47.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillburn	Sparkill
Drove alone	81.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.0%
Public transit	2.4%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	26.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillburn	Sparkill
1-unit, detached	52.9%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillburn	Sparkill
Poverty rate	7.4%	0.0%
Average household size	3.04	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1938	1962