Hillsboro vs Williston

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

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

Williston has the higher population (302 vs 130 in Hillsboro). Williston has the higher median household income ($106,389 vs $65,417 in Hillsboro). Williston has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $241,700 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Williston
Population	130	302
Median age	53.5 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$106,389
Median home value	$241,700	$455,600
Median gross rent	$955	—
Housing units	81	92
Homeownership rate	55.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Williston
Population	114 → 130 (+14.0%)	96 → 302 (+214.6%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $65,417 (-3.1%)	$160,192 → $106,389 (-33.6%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $241,700 (+32.7%)	$345,200 → $455,600 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $955 (+16.9%)	—

Hillsboro

Population

114130

Median household income

$67,500$65,417

Median home value

$182,100$241,700

Median gross rent

$817$955

Williston

Population

96302

Median household income

$160,192$106,389

Median home value

$345,200$455,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Williston
Under 5	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 17	9.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.0%	52.3%
35 to 44	2.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	3.0%
55 to 64	22.3%	3.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	3.0%
75 and over	9.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Williston
No high school diploma	12.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Williston
Drove alone	87.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Williston
1-unit, detached	53.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	46.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Williston
Poverty rate	29.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.13	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1938	2005