Hillsboro vs Leesburg

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (6,539 vs 1,188 in Leesburg). Leesburg has the higher median household income ($69,271 vs $45,197 in Hillsboro). Both have a median home value of $136,900.

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
Population	6,539	1,188
Median age	41.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,197	$69,271
Median home value	$136,900	$136,900
Median gross rent	$734	$740
Housing units	3,241	519
Homeownership rate	55.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
Population	6,534 → 6,539 (+0.1%)	1,455 → 1,188 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$32,095 → $45,197 (+40.8%)	$34,460 → $69,271 (+101.0%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $136,900 (+29.5%)	$83,000 → $136,900 (+64.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $734 (+14.9%)	$674 → $740 (+9.8%)

Hillsboro

Population

6,5346,539

Median household income

$32,095$45,197

Median home value

$105,700$136,900

Median gross rent

$639$734

Leesburg

Population

1,4551,188

Median household income

$34,460$69,271

Median home value

$83,000$136,900

Median gross rent

$674$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
Under 5	6.1%	10.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	13.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	5.1%
75 and over	12.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	41.3%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
Drove alone	83.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	63.3%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Leesburg
Poverty rate	21.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1971	1969