Boring vs Johnson City

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

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

Boring has the higher population (1,616 vs 481 in Johnson City). Boring has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $47,500 in Johnson City). Boring has the higher median home value ($649,000 vs $82,000 in Johnson City).

Population, income & housing

	Boring	Johnson City
Population	1,616	481
Median age	52.3 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$47,500
Median home value	$649,000	$82,000
Housing units	672	268
Homeownership rate	94.1%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boring	Johnson City
Population	1,977 → 1,616 (-18.3%)	514 → 481 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$83,917 → $101,250 (+20.7%)	$52,321 → $47,500 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $649,000 (+45.0%)	$35,800 → $82,000 (+129.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,246 (-9.4%)	—

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

Johnson City

Population

514481

Median household income

$52,321$47,500

Median home value

$35,800$82,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boring	Johnson City
Under 5	1.8%	8.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	6.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	18.1%
75 and over	10.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boring	Johnson City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.6%
Asian	3.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boring	Johnson City
No high school diploma	3.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	30.1%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boring	Johnson City
Drove alone	62.2%	85.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	21.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boring	Johnson City
1-unit, detached	90.3%	3.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	96.6%

Poverty & households

	Boring	Johnson City
Poverty rate	4.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.80	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1982	1994