[2] Noted abolitionist Samuel Philbrick lived in Brookline at 182 Walnut Street during the mid-19th century.

[1] That was likely due to its proximity to hospitals in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston.

Pill Hill also lies adjacent to Olmsted Park and Leverett Pond to its east (part of Greater Boston's Emerald Necklace park system); parkland which in turn borders the Boston neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill.

[6] The most commonly reported ethnicities/ancestries in Pill Hill are Irish (20.7%), various Asian ancestries (14.6%), English (6.7%), Italian (6.5%), and Russian (6.1%).

Other languages spoken in the neighborhood include Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and French.