Hillsboro vs Preston

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

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

Preston has the higher population (794 vs 130 in Hillsboro). Preston has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $65,417 in Hillsboro). Preston has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $241,700 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Preston
Population	130	794
Median age	53.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$69,375
Median home value	$241,700	$248,100
Median gross rent	$955	$1,406
Housing units	81	308
Homeownership rate	55.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Preston
Population	114 → 130 (+14.0%)	735 → 794 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $65,417 (-3.1%)	$65,833 → $69,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $241,700 (+32.7%)	$211,000 → $248,100 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $955 (+16.9%)	$1,018 → $1,406 (+38.1%)

Hillsboro

Population

114130

Median household income

$67,500$65,417

Median home value

$182,100$241,700

Median gross rent

$817$955

Preston

Population

735794

Median household income

$65,833$69,375

Median home value

$211,000$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,406

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Preston
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	20.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	2.3%	20.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	22.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.2%	8.3%
75 and over	9.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.4%
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%	6.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Preston
No high school diploma	12.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	44.6%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Preston
Drove alone	87.9%	68.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Preston
1-unit, detached	53.1%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	46.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Preston
Poverty rate	29.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1938	1959