Efland vs Hillsborough

A side-by-side comparison of Efland and Hillsborough: population, income, housing, and more.

Efland and Hillsborough are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillsborough has the higher population (9,656 vs 1,064 in Efland). Hillsborough has the higher median household income ($98,467 vs $72,396 in Efland). Hillsborough has the higher median home value ($430,100 vs $192,900 in Efland).

Population, income & housing

	Efland	Hillsborough
Population	1,064	9,656
Median age	43.7 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,396	$98,467
Median home value	$192,900	$430,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,349
Housing units	539	4,461
Homeownership rate	80.9%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	61.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Efland	Hillsborough
Population	668 → 1,064 (+59.3%)	7,115 → 9,656 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$75,795 → $72,396 (-4.5%)	$64,598 → $98,467 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$201,600 → $192,900 (-4.3%)	$261,200 → $430,100 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,025 → $1,349 (+31.6%)

Efland

Population

6681,064

Median household income

$75,795$72,396

Median home value

$201,600$192,900

Hillsborough

Population

7,1159,656

Median household income

$64,598$98,467

Median home value

$261,200$430,100

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Efland	Hillsborough
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	28.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	3.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	18.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	17.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.9%
75 and over	1.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Efland	Hillsborough
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	72.3%
Black or African American	9.2%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Efland	Hillsborough
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	14.9%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Efland	Hillsborough
Drove alone	81.7%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.3%	28.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Efland	Hillsborough
1-unit, detached	80.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Efland	Hillsborough
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1991	1997