Hillsboro is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,736 people and just one neighborhood, Hillsboro is the 93rd largest community in Kentucky. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hillsboro, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hillsboro, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hillsboro’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hillsboro does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $51,932.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hillsboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.04% of the Hillsboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hillsboro is a town of managers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hillsboro who work in management occupations (17.24%), healthcare (8.24%), and teaching (6.52%).
A relatively large number of people in Hillsboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Hillsboro’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hillsboro has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hillsboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hillsboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hillsboro may be for you.
One downside of living in Hillsboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.74 minutes every day commuting to work.
Hillsboro is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Hillsboro are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.51% of adults in Hillsboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Hillsboro in 2022 was $27,515, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,060 for a family of four. However, Hillsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hillsboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hillsboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hillsboro include German, English, Irish, Pennsylvania German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Hillsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages and German/Yiddish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 42.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Significantly, 3.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hillsboro are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 37.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 6.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.0% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (3.4%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Hillsboro, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.