Hillsboro vs Portland

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

Hillsboro and Portland 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 548 in Portland). Portland has the higher median household income ($100,714 vs $77,844 in Hillsboro). Portland has the higher median home value ($204,500 vs $180,800 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Portland
Population	1,643	548
Median age	40.1 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,844	$100,714
Median home value	$180,800	$204,500
Median gross rent	$645	$506
Housing units	821	256
Homeownership rate	75.9%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Portland
Population	1,601 → 1,643 (+2.6%)	633 → 548 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $77,844 (+39.0%)	$58,333 → $100,714 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$156,600 → $180,800 (+15.5%)	$136,300 → $204,500 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $645 (+7.7%)	$445 → $506 (+13.7%)

Hillsboro

Population

1,6011,643

Median household income

$56,000$77,844

Median home value

$156,600$180,800

Median gross rent

$599$645

Portland

Population

633548

Median household income

$58,333$100,714

Median home value

$136,300$204,500

Median gross rent

$445$506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Portland
Under 5	9.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	24.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.1%
75 and over	10.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	4.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Portland
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Portland
Drove alone	76.5%	91.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Portland
1-unit, detached	71.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Portland
Poverty rate	4.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1974	1972