About Hillsboro Beach

Hillsboro Beach is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,163 people and just one neighborhood, Hillsboro Beach is the 406th largest community in Florida.

Hillsboro Beach is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hillsboro Beach is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hillsboro Beach who work in sales jobs (28.97%), management occupations (23.87%), and business and financial occupations (13.39%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Hillsboro Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Hillsboro Beach is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town's population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

A very large number of seniors call Hillsboro Beach home: people 65 and over are 50.76% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the town's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Hillsboro Beach are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Hillsboro Beach 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.

Hillsboro Beach Information and Demographics

The citizens of Hillsboro Beach are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.76% of adults in Hillsboro Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hillsboro Beach in 2000 was $56,634, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $226,536 for a family of four.

The people who call Hillsboro Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hillsboro Beach is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hillsboro Beach include Italian, German, English, Irish, Russian, French Canadian, and Polish.

The languages spoken by people in Hillsboro Beach are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Hillsboro Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include French, Italian, and Spanish.