Hillsboro vs Ontario

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

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (1,324 vs 380 in Ontario). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $57,500 in Ontario). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($146,600 vs $130,000 in Ontario).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Ontario
Population	1,324	380
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$57,500
Median home value	$146,600	$130,000
Median gross rent	$775	$675
Housing units	696	183
Homeownership rate	71.9%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Ontario
Population	1,428 → 1,324 (-7.3%)	465 → 380 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$43,580 → $63,750 (+46.3%)	$32,031 → $57,500 (+79.5%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $146,600 (+36.9%)	$78,900 → $130,000 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $775 (+28.1%)	$822 → $675 (-17.9%)

Hillsboro

Population

1,4281,324

Median household income

$43,580$63,750

Median home value

$107,100$146,600

Median gross rent

$605$775

Ontario

Population

465380

Median household income

$32,031$57,500

Median home value

$78,900$130,000

Median gross rent

$822$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Ontario
Under 5	2.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.2%
75 and over	10.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Ontario
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Ontario
No high school diploma	10.5%	18.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Ontario
Drove alone	78.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Ontario
1-unit, detached	79.7%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	13.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Ontario
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1958	1974