Hilliard vs Upper Arlington

A side-by-side comparison of Hilliard and Upper Arlington: population, income, housing, and more.

Hilliard and Upper Arlington are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hilliard has the higher population (36,560 vs 36,319 in Upper Arlington). Upper Arlington has the higher median household income ($150,993 vs $122,864 in Hilliard). Upper Arlington has the higher median home value ($568,200 vs $360,000 in Hilliard).

Population, income & housing

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
Population	36,560	36,319
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$122,864	$150,993
Median home value	$360,000	$568,200
Median gross rent	$1,590	$1,480
Housing units	14,254	15,122
Homeownership rate	69.5%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
Population	36,411 → 36,560 (+0.4%)	35,299 → 36,319 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$96,959 → $122,864 (+26.7%)	$123,548 → $150,993 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$254,700 → $360,000 (+41.3%)	$397,300 → $568,200 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,590 (+36.6%)	$1,274 → $1,480 (+16.2%)

Hilliard

Population

36,41136,560

Median household income

$96,959$122,864

Median home value

$254,700$360,000

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,590

Upper Arlington

Population

35,29936,319

Median household income

$123,548$150,993

Median home value

$397,300$568,200

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
Under 5	6.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.9%
75 and over	4.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	84.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	14.3%	5.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	38.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
Drove alone	73.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	21.0%	24.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
1-unit, detached	64.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hilliard	Upper Arlington
Poverty rate	5.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1997	1959