Ohio · Census place 3935560

Hillsboro, Ohio

Hillsboro is a city in Highland County, Ohio with an estimated 6,599 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 224th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,599
#224 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+151 people
Land area
5.5 sq mi
Density
1,204 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Hillsboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Hillsboro population, 2020 to 2024

Hillsboro added 151 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Hillsboro is 47% of it.

6,44820206,45520216,53720226,56820236,5992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,443. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hillsboro covers 5.48 square miles of land, for 1,204 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Hillsboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hillsboro is in

All of Hillsboro's residents live in Highland County, which had 43,785 residents in 2024. Hillsboro holds 15.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hillsboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hillsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45133. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hillsboro is

The Census internal point of Hillsboro is at 39.212300, -83.611200. Columbus, the capital, is 61.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wilmington, OH (12,639 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 48.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.212300, -83.611200
DMS
39°12'44.28"N 83°36'40.32"W
UTM
17N 274553.0E 4343585.2N
Geohash
dnux16khj
Plus code
86FR696Q+WG

Daylight in Hillsboro

At 39.21° N, Hillsboro gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hillsboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is New Vienna, 9.0 miles away, with 1,097 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hillsboro, OH?

6,599 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 151 (2.3%) from 6,448 in July 2020.

What county is Hillsboro in?

Highland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hillsboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45133.

How far is Hillsboro from Columbus?

61.1 miles (98.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Hillsboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Hillsboro?

Wilmington, OH, with 12,639 residents, 18.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.