Hillsboro vs Itasca

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

Hillsboro and Itasca 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 2,015 in Itasca). Itasca has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $55,761 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $105,900 in Itasca).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Itasca
Population	8,375	2,015
Median age	36.0 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,761	$67,500
Median home value	$118,400	$105,900
Median gross rent	$948	$836
Housing units	3,275	694
Homeownership rate	53.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Itasca
Population	8,342 → 8,375 (+0.4%)	1,392 → 2,015 (+44.8%)
Median household income	$44,444 → $55,761 (+25.5%)	$38,875 → $67,500 (+73.6%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $118,400 (+43.5%)	$68,600 → $105,900 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $948 (+20.0%)	$814 → $836 (+2.7%)

Hillsboro

Population

8,3428,375

Median household income

$44,444$55,761

Median home value

$82,500$118,400

Median gross rent

$790$948

Itasca

Population

1,3922,015

Median household income

$38,875$67,500

Median home value

$68,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$814$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Itasca
Under 5	8.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.6%
75 and over	6.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Itasca
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	43.4%
Black or African American	12.7%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	42.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Itasca
No high school diploma	18.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Itasca
Drove alone	79.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	14.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Itasca
1-unit, detached	72.3%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Itasca
Poverty rate	19.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.73	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1970	1973