Hilltown vs Independence

A side-by-side comparison of Hilltown and Independence: population, income, housing, and more.

Hilltown and Independence are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Independence has the higher population (1,144 vs 306 in Hilltown). Independence has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $32,455 in Hilltown). Independence has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $106,300 in Hilltown).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltown	Independence
Population	306	1,144
Median age	63.8 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,455	$36,250
Median home value	$106,300	$115,700
Median gross rent	—	$762
Housing units	168	559
Homeownership rate	91.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	23.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltown	Independence
Population	60 → 306 (+410.0%)	1,040 → 1,144 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$30,862 → $32,455 (+5.2%)	$24,651 → $36,250 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$18,500 → $106,300 (+474.6%)	$90,000 → $115,700 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$392 → $762 (+94.4%)

Hilltown

Population

60306

Median household income

$30,862$32,455

Median home value

$18,500$106,300

Independence

Population

1,0401,144

Median household income

$24,651$36,250

Median home value

$90,000$115,700

Median gross rent

$392$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilltown	Independence
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	2.3%	6.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	29.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	16.7%
75 and over	40.8%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltown	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltown	Independence
No high school diploma	46.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	44.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	3.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltown	Independence
Drove alone	91.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltown	Independence
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Hilltown	Independence
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1968	1968