Hillsboro vs Peabody

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

Hillsboro and Peabody 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 1,152 in Peabody). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($57,792 vs $52,539 in Peabody). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($101,100 vs $73,800 in Peabody).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Peabody
Population	2,716	1,152
Median age	35.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,792	$52,539
Median home value	$101,100	$73,800
Median gross rent	$772	$672
Housing units	1,109	514
Homeownership rate	76.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Peabody
Population	2,839 → 2,716 (-4.3%)	1,083 → 1,152 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$47,009 → $57,792 (+22.9%)	$45,135 → $52,539 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $101,100 (+14.0%)	$64,600 → $73,800 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $772 (+27.4%)	$522 → $672 (+28.7%)

Hillsboro

Population

2,8392,716

Median household income

$47,009$57,792

Median home value

$88,700$101,100

Median gross rent

$606$772

Peabody

Population

1,0831,152

Median household income

$45,135$52,539

Median home value

$64,600$73,800

Median gross rent

$522$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Peabody
Under 5	3.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	21.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.6%
75 and over	7.4%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Peabody
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Peabody
No high school diploma	6.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Peabody
Drove alone	66.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	14.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Peabody
1-unit, detached	85.3%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Peabody
Poverty rate	8.8%	17.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1957	1944