Blum vs Hillsboro

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (8,375 vs 374 in Blum). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($55,761 vs $28,438 in Blum). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $80,000 in Blum).

Population, income & housing

	Blum	Hillsboro
Population	374	8,375
Median age	28.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,438	$55,761
Median home value	$80,000	$118,400
Median gross rent	$1,313	$948
Housing units	155	3,275
Homeownership rate	80.3%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blum	Hillsboro
Population	434 → 374 (-13.8%)	8,342 → 8,375 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$61,750 → $28,438 (-53.9%)	$44,444 → $55,761 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $80,000 (+15.9%)	$82,500 → $118,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,313 (+49.0%)	$790 → $948 (+20.0%)

Blum

Population

434374

Median household income

$61,750$28,438

Median home value

$69,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$881$1,313

Hillsboro

Population

8,3428,375

Median household income

$44,444$55,761

Median home value

$82,500$118,400

Median gross rent

$790$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blum	Hillsboro
Under 5	6.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	20.1%	12.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	4.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.5%
75 and over	2.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blum	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	43.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	40.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blum	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	21.6%	18.0%
High school graduate	51.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blum	Hillsboro
Drove alone	94.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blum	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	71.6%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Blum	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	32.1%	19.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	1985	1970