Hillsboro vs Lake

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (963 vs 523 in Lake). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($47,056 vs $37,813 in Lake). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($76,400 vs $73,900 in Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Lake
Population	963	523
Median age	24.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,056	$37,813
Median home value	$76,400	$73,900
Median gross rent	—	$739
Housing units	492	225
Homeownership rate	89.1%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Lake
Population	1,255 → 963 (-23.3%)	439 → 523 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$31,691 → $47,056 (+48.5%)	$47,500 → $37,813 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$54,400 → $76,400 (+40.4%)	$72,500 → $73,900 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$594 → $739 (+24.4%)

Hillsboro

Population

1,255963

Median household income

$31,691$47,056

Median home value

$54,400$76,400

Lake

Population

439523

Median household income

$47,500$37,813

Median home value

$72,500$73,900

Median gross rent

$594$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Lake
Under 5	22.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	19.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	3.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	6.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.4%
75 and over	8.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	17.1%	38.2%
Black or African American	55.7%	58.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Lake
No high school diploma	28.5%	24.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	7.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Lake
Drove alone	94.2%	94.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Lake
1-unit, detached	63.6%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Lake
Poverty rate	10.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1980	1975