Photo: Jweaver28 · CC BY-SA 4.0Hillsboro has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hillsboro has 2 jobs for 61 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hillsboro for work; outside it, Easton is the main destination (13%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average; the Maryland average is 31, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Hillsboro by day
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 74 people are in Hillsboro on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Hillsboro ends
Where Hillsboro clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Hillsboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hillsboro: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hillsboro workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Hillsboro to work
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Hillsboro and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hillsboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro | – | — | — | 32 min | $66,875 |
| Queen Anne | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Queen Anne: the same community as the queen anne cdp of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hillsboro’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hillsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Hillsboro?
$66,875 (±$26,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hillsboro?
23.6%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hillsboro?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hillsboro work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Easton (13%, 12 mi), Denton (8%, 7 mi), Centreville (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hillsboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hillsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hillsboro
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.