High Ridge vs Hillsboro

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

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

High Ridge has the higher population (4,209 vs 3,483 in Hillsboro). High Ridge has the higher median household income ($75,040 vs $65,278 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($206,200 vs $166,400 in High Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
Population	4,209	3,483
Median age	47.9 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,040	$65,278
Median home value	$166,400	$206,200
Median gross rent	$1,106	$928
Housing units	1,793	1,250
Homeownership rate	88.8%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
Population	4,459 → 4,209 (-5.6%)	3,185 → 3,483 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$64,231 → $75,040 (+16.8%)	$66,174 → $65,278 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $166,400 (+26.3%)	$153,600 → $206,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,106 (+15.9%)	$835 → $928 (+11.1%)

High Ridge

Population

4,4594,209

Median household income

$64,231$75,040

Median home value

$131,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$954$1,106

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)

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
Under 5	4.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	16.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	20.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.2%
75 and over	10.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	7.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	45.3%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
Drove alone	81.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	78.6%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	High Ridge	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	4.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1976	1995