Boring vs Estacada

A side-by-side comparison of Boring and Estacada: population, income, housing, and more.

Boring and Estacada are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Estacada has the higher population (4,878 vs 1,616 in Boring). Boring has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $82,909 in Estacada). Boring has the higher median home value ($649,000 vs $459,800 in Estacada).

Population, income & housing

	Boring	Estacada
Population	1,616	4,878
Median age	52.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$82,909
Median home value	$649,000	$459,800
Housing units	672	1,830
Homeownership rate	94.1%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boring	Estacada
Population	1,977 → 1,616 (-18.3%)	3,426 → 4,878 (+42.4%)
Median household income	$83,917 → $101,250 (+20.7%)	$71,088 → $82,909 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $649,000 (+45.0%)	$305,200 → $459,800 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,246 (-9.4%)	$1,217 → $1,734 (+42.5%)

Boring

Population

1,9771,616

Median household income

$83,917$101,250

Median home value

$447,700$649,000

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,246

Estacada

Population

3,4264,878

Median household income

$71,088$82,909

Median home value

$305,200$459,800

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boring	Estacada
Under 5	1.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.7%
75 and over	10.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boring	Estacada
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.5%
Asian	3.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	12.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boring	Estacada
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	30.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boring	Estacada
Drove alone	62.2%	68.1%
Carpooled	16.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boring	Estacada
1-unit, detached	90.3%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Boring	Estacada
Poverty rate	4.2%	23.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1982	1996