| Hindsboro | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Image Map1: | Illinois in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Illinois in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.6847°N -88.1347°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Douglas |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bowdre |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title1: | Village president |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.70 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.27 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.70 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.27 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 650 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 275 |
| Population Density Km2: | 394.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1022.30 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 61930 |
| Area Code: | 217 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-35281 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2398513 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Hindsboro, Illinois |
Hindsboro is a village in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 275 at the 2020 census.[2]
According to the 2010 census, Hindsboro has a total area of 0.31sqmi, all land.[3]
The Illinois Midland Railroad line, connecting Terre Haute and Peoria, and passing through Paris and Decatur, opened on November 30, 1874. It ran just north of the grain elevator.
As of the 2020 census there were 275 people, 160 households, and 118 families residing in the village. The population density was 1022.3PD/sqmi. There were 140 housing units at an average density of 520.45/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 95.64% White, 1.45% from other races, and 2.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.18% of the population.
There were 160 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.25% were married couples living together, 8.13% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.25% were non-families. 24.38% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.38% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 2.50.
The village's age distribution consisted of 19.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 72.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $58,750, and the median income for a family was $63,125. Males had a median income of $40,673 versus $26,442 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,193. About 3.4% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
Hindsboro is served by a weekly paper, the Oakland Independent.
Dial-A-Ride Public Transportation provides dial-a-ride bus transit service to the village. The nearest passenger rail service is at Mattoon station, where Amtrak operates to Chicago, Carbondale, New Orleans, and other destinations.