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Cost of living in Hillsboro, Wisconsin

Hillsboro, Wisconsin has about 1,353 people. Typical rent is $805 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $60,000 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $805 a month.

Hillsboro is a city in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $60,000 a year.

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People
1,353
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$805
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$60,000
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$155,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,097
Vernon County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area

Hillsboro, Wisconsin has about 1,353 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $155,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Vernon County is $1,097 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Hillsboro. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area, prices sit at 91.8 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Wisconsin taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Hillsboro's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Wisconsin home paid 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Hillsboro's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Wisconsin in the table we use.

Among 372 places we list in Wisconsin with a rent figure, 304 have higher typical rent than Hillsboro.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.