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Hillsboro city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Hillsboro city is a Census city of 3,500 people across 3.84 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $77,500, 71.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $866,400.
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Hillsboro
What Hillsboro is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.84 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land911
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hillsboro
How many people live in Hillsboro
- Population3,500
- Median age30.8
- Population under 18946
- Share under 1827.0 percent
- Population 65 and over393 plus or minus 106
- Share 65 and over11.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households1,100
- Family households775
- Share of households that are families70.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hillsboro
Income and work in Hillsboro
- Median household income$77,500 plus or minus $22,384
- Per capita income$26,810
- Civilian labor force1,645
- Employed1,576
- Unemployed69 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over1,977
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hillsboro
Housing in Hillsboro
- Housing units1,183
- Occupied units1,100
- Vacant units83 plus or minus 59
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Owner occupied786
- Renter occupied314 plus or minus 104
- Ownership rate71.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$221,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$973
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Single family units900
- Share single family76.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more210 plus or minus 91
- Share in buildings of two or more17.8 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes73 plus or minus 61
- Median year structure built1996
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hillsboro
How Hillsboro gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,377
- Commuting under 15 minutes307 plus or minus 98
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more790
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more57.4 percent
- Drove alone79.3 percent
- Carpooled7.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home11.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hillsboro
SBA loans in Hillsboro (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$866,400
- Average approval$144,400
- Median approval$66,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$562,500
- Largest approval$562,500
- Jobs supported25
- Jobs per approval4.2
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hillsboro
SBA loans in Hillsboro (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$283,000
- Average approval$283,000
- Median approval$283,000
- Largest approval$283,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Hillsboro
Jefferson County context, not Hillsboro figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hillsboro measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County3,956
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County41,900
- Covered employment, Jefferson County49,458
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$49,615
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$954
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County811
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County695
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$6,905,559,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County5.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$60,779
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hillsboro. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Hillsboro questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hillsboro, Missouri?
3,500, in 1,100 households. Hillsboro city covers 3.84 square miles of land, which is 911 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hillsboro in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Hillsboro?
$77,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $221,200. Median gross rent is $973 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hillsboro businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $866,400, across 5 lenders, median approval $66,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $283,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hillsboro, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hillsboro borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hillsboro. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Hillsboro figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Hillsboro.
Is zoning published for Hillsboro?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.