Hillsborough vs Woodside

A side-by-side comparison of Hillsborough and Woodside: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillsborough and Woodside are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillsborough has the higher population (11,122 vs 5,181 in Woodside). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Hillsborough	Woodside
Population	11,122	5,181
Median age	46.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	3,804	2,006
Homeownership rate	93.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	75.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsborough	Woodside
Population	11,447 → 11,122 (-2.8%)	5,542 → 5,181 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,490 → $3,501 (+0.3%)	$2,232 → $3,501 (+56.9%)

Hillsborough

Population

11,44711,122

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,490$3,501

Woodside

Population

5,5425,181

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,232$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsborough	Woodside
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.6%
75 and over	10.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsborough	Woodside
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	32.5%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsborough	Woodside
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	4.4%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	11.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	46.5%	41.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsborough	Woodside
Drove alone	56.4%	61.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.9%
Public transit	1.9%	1.6%
Walked	0.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	3.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	25.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsborough	Woodside
1-unit, detached	98.7%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsborough	Woodside
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.2%
Average household size	3.13	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1967	1966