Hillsboro vs Readstown

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

Hillsboro and Readstown 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 Readstown). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $32,083 in Readstown). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($146,600 vs $97,300 in Readstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Readstown
Population	1,324	380
Median age	43.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$32,083
Median home value	$146,600	$97,300
Median gross rent	$775	$398
Housing units	696	176
Homeownership rate	71.9%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Readstown
Population	1,428 → 1,324 (-7.3%)	435 → 380 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$43,580 → $63,750 (+46.3%)	$40,625 → $32,083 (-21.0%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $146,600 (+36.9%)	$73,600 → $97,300 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $775 (+28.1%)	$525 → $398 (-24.2%)

Hillsboro

Population

1,4281,324

Median household income

$43,580$63,750

Median home value

$107,100$146,600

Median gross rent

$605$775

Readstown

Population

435380

Median household income

$40,625$32,083

Median home value

$73,600$97,300

Median gross rent

$525$398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro	Readstown
Under 5	2.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.3%
75 and over	10.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Readstown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Readstown
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Readstown
Drove alone	78.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	8.8%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Readstown
1-unit, detached	79.7%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Readstown
Poverty rate	12.3%	19.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1958	1968