Hillsboro vs Morton

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

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

Morton has the higher population (3,661 vs 963 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($47,056 vs $38,889 in Morton). Morton has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $76,400 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Morton
Population	963	3,661
Median age	24.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,056	$38,889
Median home value	$76,400	$90,000
Median gross rent	—	$932
Housing units	492	1,187
Homeownership rate	89.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Morton
Population	1,255 → 963 (-23.3%)	3,589 → 3,661 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$31,691 → $47,056 (+48.5%)	$30,469 → $38,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$54,400 → $76,400 (+40.4%)	$69,800 → $90,000 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $932 (+29.8%)

Hillsboro

Population

1,255963

Median household income

$31,691$47,056

Median home value

$54,400$76,400

Morton

Population

3,5893,661

Median household income

$30,469$38,889

Median home value

$69,800$90,000

Median gross rent

$718$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Morton
Under 5	22.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	34.3%
18 to 24	19.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	3.2%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	6.1%	2.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.5%
75 and over	8.8%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	17.1%	27.8%
Black or African American	55.7%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Morton
No high school diploma	28.5%	25.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	7.5%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Morton
Drove alone	94.2%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Morton
1-unit, detached	63.6%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Morton
Poverty rate	10.3%	29.8%
Average household size	2.83	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1980	1981