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 36.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Hillsborough doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Hillsborough who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.76% of adults in Hillsborough have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hillsborough in 2022 was $40,034, 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 $160,136 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, French, German, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Hillsborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
