Courtland vs Hillsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Courtland and Hillsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Courtland and Hillsboro are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Courtland has the higher population (777 vs 482 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($59,359 vs $41,406 in Courtland). Since 2019, Courtland's population has grown faster (+2.2% vs -18.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Courtland	Hillsboro
Population	777	482
Median age	42.2 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,406	$59,359
Median home value	—	$177,000
Median gross rent	$625	$679
Housing units	410	243
Homeownership rate	72.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Courtland	Hillsboro
Population	760 → 777 (+2.2%)	593 → 482 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$39,635 → $41,406 (+4.5%)	$51,500 → $59,359 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $82,300 (-3.5%)	$127,700 → $177,000 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $625 (+30.8%)	$850 → $679 (-20.1%)

Courtland

Population

760777

Median household income

$39,635$41,406

Median home value

$85,300$82,300

Median gross rent

$478$625

Hillsboro

Population

593482

Median household income

$51,500$59,359

Median home value

$127,700$177,000

Median gross rent

$850$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Courtland	Hillsboro
Under 5	7.5%	0.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	4.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	25.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	15.1%
75 and over	4.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Courtland	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	6.6%
Black or African American	53.3%	88.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Courtland	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	7.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	55.5%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Courtland	Hillsboro
Drove alone	89.5%	87.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Courtland	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	61.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Courtland	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	34.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1982	1992