Herculaneum vs Hillsboro

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

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

Herculaneum has the higher population (4,925 vs 3,483 in Hillsboro). Herculaneum has the higher median household income ($88,778 vs $65,278 in Hillsboro). Herculaneum has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $206,200 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
Population	4,925	3,483
Median age	38.1 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,778	$65,278
Median home value	$222,100	$206,200
Median gross rent	$2,065	$928
Housing units	1,891	1,250
Homeownership rate	88.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
Population	4,025 → 4,925 (+22.4%)	3,185 → 3,483 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$65,449 → $88,778 (+35.6%)	$66,174 → $65,278 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $222,100 (+39.9%)	$153,600 → $206,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,699 → $2,065 (+21.5%)	$835 → $928 (+11.1%)

Herculaneum

Population

4,0254,925

Median household income

$65,449$88,778

Median home value

$158,800$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,065

Hillsboro

Population

3,1853,483

Median household income

$66,174$65,278

Median home value

$153,600$206,200

Median gross rent

$835$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
Under 5	2.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	16.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.2%
75 and over	6.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	88.3%
Black or African American	7.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.8%
Two or more races	11.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
Drove alone	80.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	9.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	91.2%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Herculaneum	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	5.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	2001	1995