City safety & data profile

HillsboroughCA

Hillsborough, CA is a 11K-resident city in San Mateo County with a median household income of $250,000+.

San Mateo County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hillsborough, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hillsborough has a population larger than 10% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $2,000,000+.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 11%
By size
$250,000+
Median income (place)
$2,000,000+
Median home (place)
5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hillsborough

Hillsborough posts a median household income higher than 99% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 1%
by median income, US cities

Where Hillsborough income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$250,001 Top 1% higher than 99% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Hillsborough $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Hillsborough, CA beyond the headline numbers

Hillsborough sits inside San Mateo County, California, at roughly 37.57°N, -122.38°W. Population 11,451, $250,000+ median household income. Median home value $2,000,000+, median rent $3,501. Poverty rate 5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5% of Hillsborough, CA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Hillsborough costs around 8.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

36.3% of Hillsborough workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 24.4% in Hillsborough, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

At 47 years, Hillsborough's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hillsborough from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,451
Hillsborough · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$250,000+
+180% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$2,000,000+
+384% vs avg
Median Age (place)
47
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Mateo County): Hillsborough's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
742K+2%
Median Income
$158,855+80%
Median Home Value
$1,559,600+116%
Poverty Rate
6.7%-12%
Unemployment
4.8%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Hillsborough, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$3,501/mo
Poverty Rate
5% -60% vs avg
Unemployment 7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 83.8%
Work From Home 36.3%
Public Transit 1.9%

Population

White 53.2%
African American 0.5%
Asian 33.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 8.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
30.8%
Short Sleep Duration
24.4%
Obesity
18.7%
Physical Inactivity
14.6%
Binge Drinking
13.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
10.4%
Diabetes
9.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
9%
Current Asthma
8.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 77.3%
Annual Checkup 76.5%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
5%
Stroke
2.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
2.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Hillsborough?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hillsborough right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-HILLSBOROUGH-CA · Hillsborough

Hillsborough: 1 tagged alert; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% au-bushfires
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Hillsborough

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Hillsborough.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hillsborough; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Hillsborough, CA? ▼
Hillsborough, CA has a population of 11,451 people, located in San Mateo County, California.
What is the median household income in Hillsborough? ▼
The median household income in Hillsborough, CA is $250,000+ per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5%.
What is the median home value in Hillsborough? ▼
The median home value in Hillsborough, CA is $2,000,000+. Median rent is $3,501/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hillsborough? ▼
The top health indicators in Hillsborough include High Blood Pressure (30.8%), Short Sleep Duration (24.4%), Obesity (18.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Hillsborough? ▼
The median age in Hillsborough, CA is 47 years. 83.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hillsborough, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (5% here).

Lehi, UT 5% Tinley Park, IL 5% Roy, UT 5% Cooper City, FL 5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($250,000+ here).

McLean, VA $250,000+ Southlake, TX $250,000+ Wellesley, MA $250,000+ University Park, TX $250,000+

Compare Hillsborough with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Burlingame, CA 30K Millbrae, CA 23K San Mateo, CA 104K San Bruno, CA 43K South San Francisco, CA 67K Foster City, CA 33K Pacifica, CA 39K Belmont, CA 27K
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Using Hillsborough's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Hillsborough area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Hillsborough against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Mateo County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.