Hillsboro vs Truth or Consequences

A side-by-side comparison of Hillsboro and Truth or Consequences: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillsboro and Truth or Consequences are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Truth or Consequences has the higher population (6,026 vs 220 in Hillsboro). Truth or Consequences has the higher median household income ($29,142 vs $16,038 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $107,500 in Truth or Consequences).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
Population	220	6,026
Median age	69.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$16,038	$29,142
Median home value	$219,400	$107,500
Median gross rent	—	$676
Housing units	203	3,516
Homeownership rate	73.4%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
Population	154 → 220 (+42.9%)	5,894 → 6,026 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$18,375 → $16,038 (-12.7%)	$23,988 → $29,142 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$257,500 → $219,400 (-14.8%)	$85,300 → $107,500 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$493 → $676 (+37.1%)

Hillsboro

Population

154220

Median household income

$18,375$16,038

Median home value

$257,500$219,400

Truth or Consequences

Population

5,8946,026

Median household income

$23,988$29,142

Median home value

$85,300$107,500

Median gross rent

$493$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	45.0%	12.2%
75 and over	31.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
No high school diploma	27.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	41.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
Drove alone	0.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	53.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.7%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
1-unit, detached	55.7%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Truth or Consequences
Poverty rate	39.5%	34.8%
Average household size	1.43	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1970	1975