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!) Hillsborough 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. Hillsborough has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hillsborough than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hillsborough may be for you.
One downside of living in Hillsborough is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hillsborough, the average commute to work is 39.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Hillsborough 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 education level of Hillsborough citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.87% of adults in Hillsborough have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hillsborough in 2022 was $41,683, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,732 for a family of four. However, Hillsborough contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hillsborough home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hillsborough residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hillsborough include English, Irish, Italian, French, and German.
The most common language spoken in Hillsborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
