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Hillsborough, NJ
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Hillsborough profile


Living in Hillsborough



Hillsborough is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 22,214 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Hillsborough is the 90th largest community in New Jersey.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.27% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Because of many things, Hillsborough is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hillsborough really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hillsborough perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Hillsborough, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.50 minutes every day commuting to work.

If knowledge is power, Hillsborough is a pretty powerful place. 57.91% of the adults in Hillsborough have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Hillsborough in 2018 was $67,507, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $270,028 for a family of four.

Hillsborough is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 Asian. Hillsborough also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.03% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hillsborough include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

In addition, Hillsborough has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.13%).

The most common language spoken in Hillsborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.