Hilliard vs Westerville

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

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

Westerville has the higher population (38,543 vs 36,560 in Hilliard). Hilliard has the higher median household income ($122,864 vs $107,054 in Westerville). Hilliard has the higher median home value ($360,000 vs $343,200 in Westerville).

Population, income & housing

	Hilliard	Westerville
Population	36,560	38,543
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$122,864	$107,054
Median home value	$360,000	$343,200
Median gross rent	$1,590	$1,409
Housing units	14,254	15,878
Homeownership rate	69.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilliard	Westerville
Population	36,411 → 36,560 (+0.4%)	39,877 → 38,543 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$96,959 → $122,864 (+26.7%)	$93,717 → $107,054 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$254,700 → $360,000 (+41.3%)	$237,300 → $343,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,590 (+36.6%)	$1,102 → $1,409 (+27.9%)

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

Westerville

Population

39,87738,543

Median household income

$93,717$107,054

Median home value

$237,300$343,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilliard	Westerville
Under 5	6.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.9%
75 and over	4.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilliard	Westerville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilliard	Westerville
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	14.3%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilliard	Westerville
Drove alone	73.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.0%	25.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilliard	Westerville
1-unit, detached	64.9%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	9.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hilliard	Westerville
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1997	1982