Hillcrest Village vs Surfside Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Hillcrest Village and Surfside Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillcrest Village and Surfside Beach are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillcrest Village has the higher population (802 vs 753 in Surfside Beach). Hillcrest Village has the higher median household income ($108,750 vs $96,250 in Surfside Beach). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($310,700 vs $255,200 in Hillcrest Village).

Population, income & housing

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
Population	802	753
Median age	43.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,750	$96,250
Median home value	$255,200	$310,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,292
Housing units	300	1,174
Homeownership rate	95.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
Population	—	627 → 753 (+20.1%)
Median household income	—	$54,934 → $96,250 (+75.2%)
Median home value	—	$205,800 → $310,700 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,135 → $1,292 (+13.8%)

Hillcrest Village

Surfside Beach

Population

627753

Median household income

$54,934$96,250

Median home value

$205,800$310,700

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
Under 5	6.5%	0.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	7.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	26.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	21.4%
75 and over	10.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	24.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	81.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	96.7%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Hillcrest Village	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.78	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1968	1980