Hillsboro vs Witt

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

Hillsboro and Witt 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 844 in Witt). Witt has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $48,158 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($95,800 vs $49,500 in Witt).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Witt
Population	5,693	844
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,158	$52,813
Median home value	$95,800	$49,500
Median gross rent	$841	$529
Housing units	1,890	383
Homeownership rate	72.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Witt
Population	6,402 → 5,693 (-11.1%)	786 → 844 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$53,346 → $48,158 (-9.7%)	$37,875 → $52,813 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $95,800 (+6.2%)	$52,000 → $49,500 (-4.8%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $841 (+27.2%)	$553 → $529 (-4.3%)

Hillsboro

Population

6,4025,693

Median household income

$53,346$48,158

Median home value

$90,200$95,800

Median gross rent

$661$841

Witt

Population

786844

Median household income

$37,875$52,813

Median home value

$52,000$49,500

Median gross rent

$553$529

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Witt
Under 5	3.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Witt
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	11.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Witt
No high school diploma	16.1%	20.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Witt
Drove alone	80.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.9%
Other means	3.4%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Witt
1-unit, detached	82.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Witt
Poverty rate	15.8%	21.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1962	1954