Buxton vs Hillsboro

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (1,643 vs 356 in Buxton). Buxton has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $77,844 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($180,800 vs $173,500 in Buxton).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Hillsboro
Population	356	1,643
Median age	34.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$77,844
Median home value	$173,500	$180,800
Median gross rent	$688	$645
Housing units	141	821
Homeownership rate	85.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Hillsboro
Population	416 → 356 (-14.4%)	1,601 → 1,643 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$91,974 → $93,750 (+1.9%)	$56,000 → $77,844 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $173,500 (+25.5%)	$156,600 → $180,800 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $688 (-21.4%)	$599 → $645 (+7.7%)

Buxton

Population

416356

Median household income

$91,974$93,750

Median home value

$138,200$173,500

Median gross rent

$875$688

Hillsboro

Population

1,6011,643

Median household income

$56,000$77,844

Median home value

$156,600$180,800

Median gross rent

$599$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Hillsboro
Under 5	13.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.9%
75 and over	6.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Hillsboro
Drove alone	82.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	79.4%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1972	1974