Hillsboro vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (1,065 vs 159 in Hillsboro). Winfield has the higher median household income ($46,364 vs $43,125 in Hillsboro). Winfield has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $47,800 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Winfield
Population	159	1,065
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$46,364
Median home value	$47,800	$99,800
Median gross rent	$1,063	$596
Housing units	87	495
Homeownership rate	69.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Winfield
Population	202 → 159 (-21.3%)	1,101 → 1,065 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$32,708 → $43,125 (+31.8%)	$43,796 → $46,364 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$33,800 → $47,800 (+41.4%)	$93,000 → $99,800 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,063 (+63.5%)	$639 → $596 (-6.7%)

Hillsboro

Population

202159

Median household income

$32,708$43,125

Median home value

$33,800$47,800

Median gross rent

$650$1,063

Winfield

Population

1,1011,065

Median household income

$43,796$46,364

Median home value

$93,000$99,800

Median gross rent

$639$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Winfield
Under 5	10.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	13.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	17.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.0%
75 and over	7.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Winfield
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	44.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Winfield
Drove alone	90.6%	90.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Winfield
1-unit, detached	83.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Winfield
Poverty rate	23.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.89	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1938	1951