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Population (year 2000): 5,446. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,382 (-1.2% change)
Males: 2,523 (46.3%), Females: 2,923 (53.7%)
Orange County
Zip code:
27278
Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $40,111 (year 2000)
Median house value: $117,100 (year 2000)
Races in Hillsborough:
- White Non-Hispanic (59.3%)
- Black (34.8%)
- Hispanic (2.8%)
- Two or more races (2.2%)
- Other race (1.6%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
Ancestries: German (10.9%), United States
(10.3%), English (9.2%), Irish (9.1%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%),
Italian (3.2%).
Elevation: 624 feet
Land area: 4.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Hillsborough
- High school or higher: 70.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.9%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Hillsborough town
- Never married: 25.5%
- Now married: 48.9%
- Separated: 6.0%
- Widowed: 9.4%
- Divorced: 10.2%
3.3% Foreign born (1.5% Latin America, 1.1%
Europe, 0.4% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +716 (+15.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Hillsborough:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL (about 13
miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC)
- NORTH CAROLINA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
DURHAM, NC)
- DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; DURHAM,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Hillsborough:
- RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 27 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM,
NC; ID: RDU)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 38 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 58 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hillsborough:
- HORACE WILLIAMS (about 11 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC;
ID: IGX)
- HURDLE FIELD (about 12 miles; MEBANE, NC; ID: 4W7)
- WHITFIELD FARMS (about 15 miles; HURDLE MILLS, NC;
ID: 4W4)
Amtrak station near Hillsborough:
- 15 miles: DURHAM (400 W. CHAPEL HILL ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, taxi stand.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Hillsborough:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (about 2
miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Full-time enrollment: 22,324)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT
enrollment: 11,898)
- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 4,487)
- DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,338)
- ELON COLLEGE (about 29 miles; ELON, NC; FT
enrollment: 3,993)
- MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 34 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,173)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 39
miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
Public high schools in Hillsborough:
- ORANGE SENIOR HIGH (Students: 957; Location:
500 ORANGE HIGH RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CEDAR RIDGE HIGH (Students: 938; Location:
1125 NEW GRADY BROWN SCH RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Hillsborough:
- ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEM (Students:
250; Location: 512 US 70 EAST; Grades: PK - 12)
- THE KANTNER SCHOOL (Students: 62; Location:
7500 SCHLEY RD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Hillsborough:
- CHARLES W STANFORD MIDDLE (Students: 855;
Location: 308 ORANGE HIGH RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- A L STANBACK MIDDLE (Students: 816; Location:
3700 NC #86 SOUTH; Grades: 06 - 08)
- PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY (Students: 532; Location:
431 STROUDS CREEK ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- GRADY BROWN ELEMENTARY (Students: 471;
Location: 1100 NEW GRADY BROWN RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- HILLSBOROUGH ELEMENTARY (Students: 396;
Location: 402 NORTH NASH STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- CAMERON PARK ELEMENTARY (Students: 391;
Location: 240 ST. MARY'S ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY (Students: 307; Location:
154 HAYES ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- ORANGE CHARTER (Students: 181; Location: 920
CORPORATE DRIVE; Grades: KG - 08)
Private primary/middle school in Hillsborough:
- PINEWOODS MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 13;
Location: 200 DAVIS RD.; Grades: KG - 1)
Library in Hillsborough:
- HYCONEECHEE REGIONAL LIBRARY (Operating
income: $1,452,682; Location: 300 WEST TRYON STREET;
168,111 books; 2,771 audio materials; 3,646 video
materials; 546 serial subscriptions)
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