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Hillsborough township, Somerset County, NJ

43,477 Population
54.6 square miles 796 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$71,111 ±$3,329 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $70,321 ±$1,383
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$153,549 ±$6,429 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $135,960 ±$2,875
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.8% ±0.8% (1,207  ±354) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 5.5% 18,851 (±0.5% / ±1,849)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

34.3 minutes ±1.6 (639,135  ±43,145) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.5 4,580,205 (±0.4 / ±100,261)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

15,859 ±388 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 129,459 ±472
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.1 (43,170  ±89) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 342,244 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

5.4% ±1.5% (516  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 4,226 (±0.7% / ±540)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

16,105 ±406 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 132,831 ±90
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$536,700 ±$15,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $523,900 ±$8,197
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

8.6% ±2% (3,710  ±861.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 9.4% 32,186 (±0.7% / ±2,451.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

95.7% ±3.6% (29,655  ±1,257.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 93.9% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,382.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
61.6% ±2.9% (19,103  ±960) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 57.4% 140,175 (±1% / ±2,453.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.3% ±1.7% (9,267  ±745) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 27.5% 95,159
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.5% ±1% (1,207  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 3.5% 9,498 (±0.3% / ±674)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,207 Total veterans ±333 1,068 Male ±314 139 Female ±99

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