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Hillside, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hillside, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 21,398. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet HILLSIDE-NJ · Hillside, NJ 1 ZIPs · 21,398 pop · #4533/25278 · Union County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $99,528
  • RANK-TOP #4533/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Roselle
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-TOWN 21,398
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $397,400

Nearest income peer: Roselle, NJ ( $6,766 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Hillside

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hillside on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hillside, NJ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 18%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
21,398
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$99,528
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $99,528 and home value $397,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 27.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hillside as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Helmetta is the closest lower-income city and Barrington the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hillside.

Population concentration

Hillside reads through its lone ZIP, 07205

21,398 ACS residents, one ZIP: 07205 is not the leading code inside Hillside, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Hillside's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 471 establishments, 6,553 employees , annual payroll $409,201k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07205 (471 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (74) · also Wholesale trade · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Hillside, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Union County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hillside. See the Union County roll-up →

Hillside lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Union County: Union, Westfield and Scotch Plains earn more and Elizabeth, Plainfield and Linden earn less. Westfield marks the far end of that range at $232,629, 134% above Hillside.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07205 21,398 $99,528 471 3,000
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Hillside roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Hillside, .