Hillsborough is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,829 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Hillsborough is the 165th largest community in North Carolina.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hillsborough is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hillsborough is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hillsborough who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.83%), management occupations (10.95%), and teaching (7.10%).

Also of interest is that Hillsborough has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

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.

Hillsborough Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Hillsborough is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.04% of adults in Hillsborough have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hillsborough in 2000 was $21,818, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,272 for a family of four.

Hillsborough is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hillsborough home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hillsborough is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hillsborough include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Hillsborough is English. Some people also speak Spanish.