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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.12 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Hillsborough does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Hillsborough is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.76% of adults 25 and older in the town 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.
