Hillsboro vs Newtown

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (643 vs 250 in Newtown). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($67,750 vs $51,875 in Newtown). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($93,100 vs $84,300 in Newtown).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Newtown
Population	643	250
Median age	30.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,750	$51,875
Median home value	$93,100	$84,300
Median gross rent	$1,038	$1,302
Housing units	247	126
Homeownership rate	81.2%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Newtown
Population	527 → 643 (+22.0%)	230 → 250 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $67,750 (+33.8%)	$59,688 → $51,875 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $93,100 (+24.1%)	$77,100 → $84,300 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,038 (+15.8%)	$688 → $1,302 (+89.2%)

Hillsboro

Population

527643

Median household income

$50,625$67,750

Median home value

$75,000$93,100

Median gross rent

$896$1,038

Newtown

Population

230250

Median household income

$59,688$51,875

Median home value

$77,100$84,300

Median gross rent

$688$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Newtown
Under 5	8.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	24.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	2.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	5.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	18.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.6%
75 and over	5.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Newtown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	96.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Newtown
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.3%
High school graduate	54.0%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Newtown
Drove alone	77.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.7%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Newtown
1-unit, detached	87.4%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Newtown
Poverty rate	11.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1938	1965