City · Hill County, Texas

Hillsboro, Texas

Hillsboro is a city in Hill County, Texas. It has 8,506 residents. Hillsboro, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,231 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #769 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), job growth (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on uninsured residents (under 65) (high), hospital quality rating (low) and traffic deaths (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,231 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #769 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 8,506 (2020-2024)
Land area: 11 mi²
Density: 774.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4834088

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety34#10,301/15,637
Economy30#10,952/15,631
Housing32#10,187/14,977
Health19#12,707/15,609
Healthcare1#15,557/15,650
Environment41#9,140/15,453
Education17#12,990/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,584/15,650
Community19#12,738/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,785/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hillsboro, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hill County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high17.7 /10k
93/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHill County value
Job growth · high2.1%
89/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHill County value
Child care cost burden · low23.1%
84/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHill County value
Natural hazard risk · low10.6
83/100Texas 39.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyHill County value
Comfortable days · high30.4%
80/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHill County value
Students per teacher · low12.4×
79/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHill County value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high28.4%
1/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Texas 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHill County value
Traffic deaths · high40.7 /100k
3/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataHill County value
Mental health providers · low52 /100k
6/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHill County value
High school diploma or higher · low81.0%
7/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Suicide rate · high26.2 /100k
7/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHill County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.4% (2015-2019) → 89.9% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
45.6% (2015-2019) → 57.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
17.1% (2015-2019) → 27.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+52%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
19.5% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
New homes permittedWorsening
5.6 /1k (2021) → 3.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−31%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hillsboro, Texas improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Unemployment−5.5 points9.7% → 4.2%
Broadband+13 points76.4% → 89.9%
Household income+26%$44,444 → $56,083

Declined3

Uninsured+8.9 points19.5% → 28.4%
Child poverty+11 points17.1% → 27.9%
Price / income+1.0×1.9× → 2.8×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Hillsboro, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	+2.7 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%2015-2019	16.0%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	75%
Child poverty rate	17.1%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	11%
Effective property tax rate	2.06%2015-2019	1.59%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	89%
High school diploma or higher	78.2%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4062015-2019	0.4302020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$44,4442015-2019	$56,0832020-2024	+26%	Improved	47%
Poverty rate	14.7%2015-2019	20.0%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	45.6%2015-2019	57.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Unemployment rate	9.7%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.5%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Declined	4%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hillsboro, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hillsboro, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hillsboro, Texas itself moved −10.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,506 residents (±27)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,837 households (±200)

Hillsboro, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k24%684
$25k–50k20%564
$50k–75k22%610

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,837 households (±200)

Hillsboro, Texas
Texas share

Own54%1,541
Rent46%1,296

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,435 workers (±287)

Hillsboro, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone80%2,735
Carpool12%†428
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Hill County, the county holding most of Hillsboro's residents.

Hill County has 649 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Texas's), with 8,017 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,920. The Census Bureau also counts 3,407 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 649; 3,407 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 8,017
Average annual pay: $46,920; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hill County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	51	13.3	0.86×About typical	461	$80,705	453
Restaurants and other eating places	46	12	0.66×Fewer than typical	900	$18,277	24
Ambulatory health care services	32	8.4	0.40×Fewer than typical	297	$61,360	101
Religious organizations	31	8.1	1.46×More than typical	148	$20,392	—
Gasoline stations	30	7.8	2.42×More than typical	374	$26,481	4
Truck transportation	27	7.1	1.40×More than typical	188	$62,920	174
Lessors of real estate	24	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	37	$34,081	189
Building equipment contractors	23	6	1.00×About typical	269	$87,866	87
Limited-service restaurants	22	5.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	517	$16,072	9
Construction of buildings	17	4.4	0.59×Fewer than typical	108	$67,481	187
Full-service restaurants	17	4.4	0.58×Fewer than typical	298	$21,081	12
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	4.2	0.83×About typical	60	$36,350	68

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 38,236 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $160 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hillsboro, Texas: $0.02 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $160; −96% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.02; US $1,995
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$160100%

Top recipients

BB&G ENTERPRISES INC$160100%

Spending by fiscal year

77.6KFY2017
22.1KFY2018
8.6KFY2019
28.8KFY2020
37.5KFY2021
-12FY2022
207.3FY2024
3.8KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$160100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hillsboro, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Hillsboro, Texas's figures are part of those of Hill County, TX ($143K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hillsboro is mostly in Hill County.

See federal money in Hill County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hillsboro, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jake EllzeyR-TX-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Hill County21100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hill County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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