Photo: Roberto221 · CC BY-SA 4.0Hillcrest Heights has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hillcrest Heights has 985 jobs for 6,297 working residents. Jobs and income earn Hillcrest Heights B; getting around on foot earns it A+. Hardly any stay in Hillcrest Heights for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (40%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hillcrest Heights apart
Many Hillcrest Heights workers cross into Washington, D.C.
52% of Hillcrest Heights workers work outside Maryland, most of them in Washington, D.C., the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Hillcrest Heights’ working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 37 minutes, longer than the Maryland average of 31. Time on the road ↓
40% of Hillcrest Heights works in Washington
2,509 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Washington, DC, 5.3 miles away. That’s 40 times as many as work in Hillcrest Heights itself. The commute map ↓
Hillcrest Heights is a place people come home to
There are 985 jobs based in Hillcrest Heights, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hillcrest Heights has about 11,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hillcrest Heights
64% of Hillcrest Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Hillcrest Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Hillcrest Heights: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hillcrest Heights is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #203 of 261 in Maryland. Job access by car holds Hillcrest Heights’ grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hillcrest Heights could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where people from Hillcrest Heights work
Where Hillcrest Heights clocks in
40% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Hillcrest Heights spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hillcrest Heights workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,482 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Hillcrest Heights
On a workday 6,249 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 937 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Hillcrest Heights on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Hillcrest Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hillcrest Heights, 2013 → 2023: 993 → 985. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillcrest Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Hillcrest Heights, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Hillcrest Heights is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,794 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 72% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 36.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.7% of Hillcrest Heights households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 14% of Hillcrest Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Hillcrest Heights is 1,260th of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Annapolis Neck MD | 12,032 | $174K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Honeygo MD | 12,250 | $146K | 1.8% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,258 | Lewiston NY | 15,676 | $78K | 11.6% | 3.8% | 16% | B |
| 1,259 | Guilford Township PA | 15,371 | $78K | 9.8% | 3.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,260 | Hillcrest Heights MD | 16,063 | $83K | 10.7% | 7.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,261 | Davenport FL | 18,110 | $74K | 14.0% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,262 | Fayetteville GA | 20,465 | $82K | 8.1% | 7.4% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hillcrest Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
The towns around Hillcrest Heights
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hillcrest Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Heights | – | B | A+ | 37 min | $82,785 |
| Marlow Heights | under 1% | C− | A+ | 37 min | $55,502 |
| Glassmanor | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 34 min | $66,327 |
| Suitland | under 1% | C+ | A+ | 36 min | $71,585 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hillcrest Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hillcrest Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Hillcrest Heights?
$82,785 (±$7,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hillcrest Heights?
10.7%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hillcrest Heights?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hillcrest Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (40%, 5 mi), Arlington (4%, 8 mi), Alexandria (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hillcrest Heights walkable?
Hillcrest Heights is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hillcrest Heights without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 72% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hillcrest Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hillcrest Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.