Hillsboro vs Litchfield

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

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

Litchfield has the higher population (6,814 vs 5,693 in Hillsboro). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($54,190 vs $48,158 in Hillsboro). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($100,500 vs $95,800 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
Population	5,693	6,814
Median age	41.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,158	$54,190
Median home value	$95,800	$100,500
Median gross rent	$841	$645
Housing units	1,890	3,311
Homeownership rate	72.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
Population	6,402 → 5,693 (-11.1%)	6,870 → 6,814 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$53,346 → $48,158 (-9.7%)	$50,368 → $54,190 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $95,800 (+6.2%)	$75,900 → $100,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $841 (+27.2%)	$571 → $645 (+13.0%)

Hillsboro

Population

6,4025,693

Median household income

$53,346$48,158

Median home value

$90,200$95,800

Median gross rent

$661$841

Litchfield

Population

6,8706,814

Median household income

$50,368$54,190

Median home value

$75,900$100,500

Median gross rent

$571$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
Under 5	3.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.0%
75 and over	6.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
No high school diploma	16.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
Drove alone	80.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.4%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
1-unit, detached	82.5%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Litchfield
Poverty rate	15.8%	16.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1962	1957