Boring vs Mount Hood Villages

A side-by-side comparison of Boring and Mount Hood Villages: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Hood Villages has the higher population (5,139 vs 1,616 in Boring). Boring has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $89,717 in Mount Hood Villages). Boring has the higher median home value ($649,000 vs $455,600 in Mount Hood Villages).

Population, income & housing

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
Population	1,616	5,139
Median age	52.3 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$89,717
Median home value	$649,000	$455,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,425
Housing units	672	3,178
Homeownership rate	94.1%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
Population	1,977 → 1,616 (-18.3%)	4,511 → 5,139 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$83,917 → $101,250 (+20.7%)	$70,244 → $89,717 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $649,000 (+45.0%)	$341,200 → $455,600 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,246 (-9.4%)	$1,138 → $1,425 (+25.2%)

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

Mount Hood Villages

Population

4,5115,139

Median household income

$70,244$89,717

Median home value

$341,200$455,600

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
Under 5	1.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	17.3%
75 and over	10.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	12.1%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	30.1%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
Drove alone	62.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	16.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
1-unit, detached	90.3%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Boring	Mount Hood Villages
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1982	1986