Goessel vs Hillsboro

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

Goessel 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 541 in Goessel). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($57,792 vs $54,583 in Goessel). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($101,100 vs $96,700 in Goessel).

Population, income & housing

	Goessel	Hillsboro
Population	541	2,716
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$57,792
Median home value	$96,700	$101,100
Median gross rent	$805	$772
Housing units	235	1,109
Homeownership rate	70.5%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goessel	Hillsboro
Population	639 → 541 (-15.3%)	2,839 → 2,716 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $54,583 (-5.8%)	$47,009 → $57,792 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $96,700 (+9.6%)	$88,700 → $101,100 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $805 (+51.9%)	$606 → $772 (+27.4%)

Goessel

Population

639541

Median household income

$57,917$54,583

Median home value

$88,200$96,700

Median gross rent

$530$805

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)

	Goessel	Hillsboro
Under 5	1.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	21.0%
25 to 34	4.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.2%
75 and over	13.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goessel	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	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	4.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goessel	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goessel	Hillsboro
Drove alone	88.1%	66.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	14.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goessel	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	73.2%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Goessel	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	6.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1971	1957