Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Hillsboro Beach’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Hillsboro Beach’s rent at the middle of the market is $3,346 a month, above both the Florida town median ($1,647 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On cost of living, just 17 of Florida’s 774 towns do worse. Hillsboro Beach is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 70% of U.S. towns. Hillsboro Beach's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 33 of Florida’s 779 towns do worse. Hillsboro Inlet Light Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. Hillsboro Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Hillsboro Beach beats most towns.
Where Hillsboro Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Hillsboro Beach is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 84 in 1950, 1,987 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 4 maps from 1946 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hillsboro Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
17 mi Stadium & arenaAmerant Bank Arena
36 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
8 mi Stadium & arenaChase StadiumHard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · Amerant Bank Arena: Yanjipy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Chase Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hillsboro Beach, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Hillsboro Beach.
On the CDC’s 31 measures, Hillsboro Beach is ahead of Florida on 19 and behind on 5. Hillsboro Beach: 6.7% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, below both Florida’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). The share of adults in Hillsboro Beach who binge drink: 10%.
| Hillsboro Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 87% | 79% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Hillsboro Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.2% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 17.6% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 1.9% in value. 87% of households live in a home they own in Hillsboro Beach. Sellers in Hillsboro Beach got 92.2% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Commuting out is the norm in Hillsboro Beach: 9% of working residents work locally. Hillsboro Beach: 5.4% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (10%), Boca Raton (8%) and Pompano Beach (7%). Its middle household income comes in at $94,000.
| Hillsboro Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 60° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Flood insurance has paid out on 27 claims in Hillsboro Beach since 1979. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 67% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Hillsboro Beach after 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Hillsboro Beach’s level of property crime comes in at 6.1 per 1,000 residents. No violent crimes were reported in 2023.
| Hillsboro Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 6.1 per 1,000 residents | 17.7 | 13.1 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
10 within 15 miles of the center of Hillsboro Beach
About 3 of every 100 Hillsboro Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Town in the state of Florida, United States
Hillsboro Beach is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. The town is part of the Miami metropolitan area. Its population was 1,987 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Hillsboro Beach.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Beach | — | — | D− | — | B | A− |
| Lighthouse Point | #93 | B | D− | B− | B | A |
| Deerfield Beach | #453 | C− | D | — | B | C |
| Pompano Beach | #445 | C− | D | — | B | C+ |
Hillsboro Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hillsboro Beach, Deerfield Beach and Pompano Beach report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hillsboro Beach with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 6.6 years of the area's median household income ($76,527 across the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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