Hillsboro vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (12,651 vs 370 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($281,600 vs $215,700 in Manchester). Since 2019, Manchester's population has grown faster (+18.0% vs -2.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Manchester
Population	370	12,651
Median age	58.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,019
Median home value	$281,600	$215,700
Median gross rent	—	$897
Housing units	194	5,155
Homeownership rate	75.7%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Manchester
Population	380 → 370 (-2.6%)	10,721 → 12,651 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$35,375 → $33,295 (-5.9%)	$50,009 → $55,019 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $281,600 (+105.8%)	$129,700 → $215,700 (+66.3%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $509 (+6.7%)	$709 → $897 (+26.5%)

Hillsboro

Population

380370

Median household income

$35,375$33,295

Median home value

$136,800$281,600

Median gross rent

$477$509

Manchester

Population

10,72112,651

Median household income

$50,009$55,019

Median home value

$129,700$215,700

Median gross rent

$709$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Manchester
Under 5	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	6.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	6.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	24.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	27.8%	9.2%
75 and over	6.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Manchester
No high school diploma	14.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Manchester
Drove alone	85.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Manchester
1-unit, detached	69.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Manchester
Poverty rate	11.9%	15.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1974	1987