† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHillsboroOhioUnited States
German18.6%22.3%12.5%
English12.2%11.0%9.5%
Irish11.7%12.3%9.4%
American10.6%5.6%5.3%
Scottish2.2%1.5%1.3%
Italian1.6%5.8%4.8%
Dutch1.4%——
French1.1%1.2%1.6%
African American†3.4%10.5%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hillsboro
Ohio
United States
Median age
40.3
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
11.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.0%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hillsboro
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$55,521
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.7%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.5%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hillsboro
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.1%
8.0%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hillsboro
Ohio
United States
Catholic
—
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hillsboro, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−24.0%
2008
−17.3%
2012
−19.4%
2016
−39.2%
2020
−40.9%
2024
−47.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
25.9%Harris740
73.4%Trump2,094
0.6%
R+47.5
R+6.6
R+46.0
2,852
R
28.5%Biden828
69.4%Trump2,014
2.0%
R+40.9
R+1.7
R+45.3
2,901
R
28.1%Clinton778
67.3%Trump1,865
4.6%
R+39.2
R+19.9
R+41.3
2,771
R
38.7%Obama1,018
58.1%Romney1,527
3.2%
R+19.4
R+2.1
R+23.2
2,628
R
40.4%Obama1,147
57.7%McCain1,637
1.9%
R+17.3
D+6.7
R+24.5
2,837
R
37.8%Kerry1,031
61.9%Bush1,685
0.3%
R+24.0
—
R+21.6
2,724
Hillsboro sits in Highland County, where Republican margins in statewide races have widened steadily over the past two decades as the region's small-town and agricultural character has grown more politically uniform.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 47.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.5 points.
A population of 6,527, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,521 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wheelersburg and Madisonville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hillsboro, Ohio voted Republican by 47.5 points (R+47.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,852 votes cast, 740 went Democratic and 2,094 went Republican.
How many people live in Hillsboro, Ohio?
Hillsboro, Ohio has a population of 6,527 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hillsboro, Ohio?
Median household income in Hillsboro, Ohio is $55,521 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Hillsboro, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hillsboro, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
