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Hillsborough, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hillsborough, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 24,286. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet HILLSBOROUGH-NC · Hillsborough, NC 1 ZIPs · 24,286 pop · #3567/25278 · Orange County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $105,887
  • RANK-TOP #3567/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Chapel Hill
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-TOWN 24,286
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $414,100

Nearest income peer: Chapel Hill, NC (+ $3,417 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Hillsborough

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hillsborough on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hillsborough, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 14%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
24,286
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$105,887
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $105,887 and home value $414,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 55.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hillsborough as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Midland is the closest lower-income city and Kure Beach the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hillsborough.

Population concentration

Hillsborough's single ZIP 27278 carries the town

Hillsborough is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27278 is the entire residential footprint (24,286 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Hillsborough's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 670 establishments, 8,043 employees , annual payroll $435,461k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27278 (670 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (121) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Hillsborough, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Orange County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hillsborough. See the Orange County roll-up →

Hillsborough sits in the upper half of Orange County on income: Carrboro, Efland and Cedar Grove report less, while Chapel Hill reports more. Carrboro marks the far end of that range at $61,837, 42% below Hillsborough.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27278 24,286 $105,887 670 93
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Hillsborough roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Hillsborough, .