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Hillsborough, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hillsborough, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 38,367. 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-NJ · Hillsborough, NJ 1 ZIPs · 38,367 pop · #771/25278 · Somerset County

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

  • INC-TOP $153,556
  • RANK-TOP #771/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Bridgewater
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-SMALL 38,367
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $547,700

Nearest income peer: Bridgewater, NJ (+ $15,140 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, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 3%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
38,367
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$153,556
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 $153,556 and home value $547,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 62.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hillsborough as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Wayne is the closest lower-income city and Morris Plains 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 reads through its lone ZIP, 08844

38,367 ACS residents, one ZIP: 08844 is not the leading code inside Hillsborough, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Hillsborough's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 994 establishments, 11,218 employees , annual payroll $610,201k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08844 (994 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (170) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Hillsborough, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Somerset County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hillsborough. See the Somerset County roll-up →

Hillsborough lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Somerset County: Bridgewater, Basking Ridge and Warren earn more and Somerset, Somerville and Bound Brook earn less. Bernardsville marks the far end of that range at $236,042, 54% above Hillsborough.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08844 38,367 $153,556 994 269
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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, .