Hillsboro vs Olds

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (159 vs 75 in Olds). Olds has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $43,125 in Hillsboro). Olds has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $47,800 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Olds
Population	159	75
Median age	35.4 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$48,500
Median home value	$47,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	$770
Housing units	87	59
Homeownership rate	69.1%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Olds
Population	202 → 159 (-21.3%)	200 → 75 (-62.5%)
Median household income	$32,708 → $43,125 (+31.8%)	$62,500 → $48,500 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$33,800 → $47,800 (+41.4%)	$103,000 → $137,500 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,063 (+63.5%)	$629 → $770 (+22.4%)

Hillsboro

Population

202159

Median household income

$32,708$43,125

Median home value

$33,800$47,800

Median gross rent

$650$1,063

Olds

Population

20075

Median household income

$62,500$48,500

Median home value

$103,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$629$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Olds
Under 5	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	5.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	21.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	21.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	4.0%
75 and over	7.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Olds
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Olds
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	44.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Olds
Drove alone	90.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Olds
1-unit, detached	83.9%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	42.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Olds
Poverty rate	23.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.89	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1938	1959