Hillsboro vs Waterford

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

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

Waterford has the higher population (243 vs 147 in Hillsboro). Waterford has the higher median home value ($1,016,300 vs $613,400 in Hillsboro). Since 2019, Hillsboro's population has grown faster (-1.3% vs -5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Waterford
Population	147	243
Median age	62.1 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,625	—
Median home value	$613,400	$1,016,300
Housing units	83	129
Homeownership rate	95.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	93.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Waterford
Population	149 → 147 (-1.3%)	256 → 243 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$165,125 → $100,625 (-39.1%)	—
Median home value	$454,500 → $613,400 (+35.0%)	$804,100 → $1,016,300 (+26.4%)

Hillsboro

Population

149147

Median household income

$165,125$100,625

Median home value

$454,500$613,400

Waterford

Population

256243

Median home value

$804,100$1,016,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Waterford
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	30.6%	42.8%
65 to 74	38.8%	57.2%
75 and over	6.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Waterford
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	6.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	53.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Waterford
Drove alone	45.2%	60.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	48.4%	39.5%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Waterford
1-unit, detached	96.4%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Waterford
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	51	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938