Hillsboro vs Nokomis

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (5,693 vs 2,213 in Nokomis). Nokomis has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $48,158 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($95,800 vs $78,400 in Nokomis).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
Population	5,693	2,213
Median age	41.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,158	$57,625
Median home value	$95,800	$78,400
Median gross rent	$841	$800
Housing units	1,890	1,012
Homeownership rate	72.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
Population	6,402 → 5,693 (-11.1%)	2,055 → 2,213 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$53,346 → $48,158 (-9.7%)	$49,722 → $57,625 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $95,800 (+6.2%)	$71,300 → $78,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $841 (+27.2%)	$674 → $800 (+18.7%)

Hillsboro

Population

6,4025,693

Median household income

$53,346$48,158

Median home value

$90,200$95,800

Median gross rent

$661$841

Nokomis

Population

2,0552,213

Median household income

$49,722$57,625

Median home value

$71,300$78,400

Median gross rent

$674$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
Under 5	3.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.6%
75 and over	6.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
No high school diploma	16.1%	13.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
Drove alone	80.6%	80.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	10.6%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
1-unit, detached	82.5%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Nokomis
Poverty rate	15.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1962	1950