Hillsboro vs Mount Calm

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

Hillsboro and Mount Calm 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 411 in Mount Calm). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($55,761 vs $47,639 in Mount Calm). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $108,600 in Mount Calm).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
Population	8,375	411
Median age	36.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,761	$47,639
Median home value	$118,400	$108,600
Median gross rent	$948	$1,163
Housing units	3,275	202
Homeownership rate	53.8%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
Population	8,342 → 8,375 (+0.4%)	330 → 411 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$44,444 → $55,761 (+25.5%)	$45,515 → $47,639 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $118,400 (+43.5%)	$71,700 → $108,600 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $948 (+20.0%)	$625 → $1,163 (+86.1%)

Hillsboro

Population

8,3428,375

Median household income

$44,444$55,761

Median home value

$82,500$118,400

Median gross rent

$790$948

Mount Calm

Population

330411

Median household income

$45,515$47,639

Median home value

$71,700$108,600

Median gross rent

$625$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
Under 5	8.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	12.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	19.0%
75 and over	6.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	52.3%
Black or African American	12.7%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
No high school diploma	18.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
Drove alone	79.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	14.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	21.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
1-unit, detached	72.3%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	55.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Mount Calm
Poverty rate	19.5%	21.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1970	1992