Burns vs Hillsboro

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (2,716 vs 299 in Burns). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($57,792 vs $44,688 in Burns). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($101,100 vs $65,000 in Burns).

Population, income & housing

	Burns	Hillsboro
Population	299	2,716
Median age	26.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,688	$57,792
Median home value	$65,000	$101,100
Median gross rent	$768	$772
Housing units	116	1,109
Homeownership rate	76.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns	Hillsboro
Population	296 → 299 (+1.0%)	2,839 → 2,716 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $44,688 (-22.8%)	$47,009 → $57,792 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $65,000 (+10.5%)	$88,700 → $101,100 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $768 (-5.5%)	$606 → $772 (+27.4%)

Burns

Population

296299

Median household income

$57,917$44,688

Median home value

$58,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$813$768

Hillsboro

Population

2,8392,716

Median household income

$47,009$57,792

Median home value

$88,700$101,100

Median gross rent

$606$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns	Hillsboro
Under 5	4.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	18.4%	21.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.2%
75 and over	1.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	25.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns	Hillsboro
Drove alone	77.3%	66.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	7.8%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	85.3%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Burns	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	31.3%	8.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1948	1957