Like elsewhere in America, most people in Hillside use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Hillside‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
In terms of college education, Hillside is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.14% of adults in Hillside have a college degree.
The per capita income in Hillside in 2022 was $38,490, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,960 for a family of four. However, Hillside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hillside is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Hillside home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hillside residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Hillside also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.59% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hillside include Haitian, Portuguese, Brazilian, Jamaican, and Other Subsaharan African.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Hillside's cultural character, accounting for 35.68% of the township’s population.
The most common language spoken in Hillside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
