Housing density: 2,648 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $468,662.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,478 (lower quartile is $1,148, upper quartile is $1,845)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,624
Median gross rent in Hillside, NJ in 2022: $1,712
Housing units in Hillside with a mortgage: 3,029 (339 second mortgage, 239 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 955
In family households: 464,085 (87,269 male householders, 47,405 female householders)
94,325 spouses, 171,221 children (162,243 natural, 3,299 adopted, 5,679 stepchildren), 11,365 grandchildren, 8,963 brothers or sisters, 8,956 parents, foster children, 13,013 other relatives, 16,322 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 65,610 (23,484 male householders (18,363 living alone)), 29,960 female householders (26,038 living alone)), 12,166 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 6,804 (4,209 institutionalized population)
88,023 married couples with children.
26,686 single-parent households (5,364 men, 21,322 women).
61.2% of residents of Hillside speak English at home.
13.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
20.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 8,606 (36.3%)
(58.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Hillside, New Jersey
8631995 to March 2000
5371990 to 1994
1,5001985 to 1989
9411980 to 1984
8181975 to 1979
5521970 to 1974
3301965 to 1969
418Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Other: 12,343 (58.0%)
Portuguese: 2,391 (11.2%)
Polish: 1,095 (5.1%)
West Indian: 928 (4.4%)
Italian: 896 (4.2%)
Irish: 707 (3.3%)
Subsaharan African: 615 (2.9%)
United States: 503 (2.4%)
German: 462 (2.2%)
Russian: 229 (1.1%)
English: 205 (1.0%)
Arab: 151 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 136 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 101 (0.5%)
Slovak: 99 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 68 (0.3%)
French: 64 (0.3%)
Greek: 64 (0.3%)
Czech: 62 (0.3%)
Welsh: 46 (0.2%)
Dutch: 35 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 34 (0.2%)
Swiss: 28 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.1%)
Scottish: 6 (0.03%)
Swedish: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Portugal
Hillside:
25.9% (1,546)
New Jersey:
2.5% (37,183)
Haiti
Hillside:
8.3% (494)
New Jersey:
2.2% (31,963)
Brazil
Hillside:
7.2% (429)
New Jersey:
1.5% (22,097)
Philippines
Hillside:
5.3% (316)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,773)
Nigeria
Hillside:
3.9% (232)
New Jersey:
0.6% (8,389)
Colombia
Hillside:
3.7% (220)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,754)
Cuba
Hillside:
3.5% (209)
New Jersey:
3.7% (55,241)
El Salvador
Hillside:
3.2% (188)
New Jersey:
1.9% (28,595)
Ecuador
Hillside:
2.9% (173)
New Jersey:
3.6% (53,482)
Poland
Hillside:
2.7% (161)
New Jersey:
3.8% (55,466)
Guyana
Hillside:
2.5% (149)
New Jersey:
1.2% (17,746)
Jamaica
Hillside:
2.4% (145)
New Jersey:
2.5% (36,443)
India
Hillside:
2.3% (140)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
Peru
Hillside:
2.3% (136)
New Jersey:
3.1% (45,151)
Ghana
Hillside:
1.8% (110)
New Jersey:
0.5% (7,079)
Honduras
Hillside:
1.7% (101)
New Jersey:
1.3% (18,535)
Trinidad and Tobago
Hillside:
1.5% (91)
New Jersey:
0.9% (13,289)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 11,175
Other state: 4,239
Northeast: 1,817
Midwest: 199
South: 2,145
West: 78
68% of Hillside residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 111
Nursery to 4th grade: 130
5th and 6th grade: 200
7th and 8th grade: 188
9th grade: 164
10th grade: 216
11th grade: 194
12th grade, no diploma: 479
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,173
Less than 1 year of college: 309
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 899
Associate degree: 328
Bachelor's degree: 770
Master's degree: 222
Professional school degree: 132
Doctorate degree: 36
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 65
Nursery to 4th grade: 214
5th and 6th grade: 199
7th and 8th grade: 328
9th grade: 119
10th grade: 141
11th grade: 166
12th grade, no diploma: 496
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,491
Less than 1 year of college: 486
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,165
Associate degree: 373
Bachelor's degree: 1,079
Master's degree: 327
Professional school degree: 51
Doctorate degree: 28
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,289
One, attached: 273
Two: 1,667
3 or 4: 766
5 to 9: 152
10 to 19: 68
20 to 49: 102
50 or more: 61
Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $141,470
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.5%