Hillsboro vs New London

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

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

New London has the higher population (2,402 vs 159 in Hillsboro). New London has the higher median household income ($65,815 vs $43,125 in Hillsboro). New London has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $47,800 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	New London
Population	159	2,402
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$65,815
Median home value	$47,800	$118,900
Median gross rent	$1,063	$772
Housing units	87	887
Homeownership rate	69.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	New London
Population	202 → 159 (-21.3%)	2,128 → 2,402 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$32,708 → $43,125 (+31.8%)	$54,226 → $65,815 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$33,800 → $47,800 (+41.4%)	$86,800 → $118,900 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,063 (+63.5%)	$680 → $772 (+13.5%)

Hillsboro

Population

202159

Median household income

$32,708$43,125

Median home value

$33,800$47,800

Median gross rent

$650$1,063

New London

Population

2,1282,402

Median household income

$54,226$65,815

Median home value

$86,800$118,900

Median gross rent

$680$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	New London
Under 5	10.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	13.2%	14.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	17.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	18.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	7.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	New London
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	New London
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	44.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	New London
Drove alone	90.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	New London
1-unit, detached	83.9%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	New London
Poverty rate	23.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	35	18
Median year structure built	1938	1961