Boring vs Mulino

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

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

Mulino has the higher population (2,146 vs 1,616 in Boring). Mulino has the higher median household income ($103,375 vs $101,250 in Boring). Mulino has the higher median home value ($698,000 vs $649,000 in Boring).

Population, income & housing

	Boring	Mulino
Population	1,616	2,146
Median age	52.3 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$103,375
Median home value	$649,000	$698,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,703
Housing units	672	776
Homeownership rate	94.1%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boring	Mulino
Population	1,977 → 1,616 (-18.3%)	2,334 → 2,146 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$83,917 → $101,250 (+20.7%)	$83,864 → $103,375 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $649,000 (+45.0%)	$434,400 → $698,000 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,246 (-9.4%)	$981 → $1,703 (+73.6%)

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

Mulino

Population

2,3342,146

Median household income

$83,864$103,375

Median home value

$434,400$698,000

Median gross rent

$981$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boring	Mulino
Under 5	1.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	23.8%
75 and over	10.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boring	Mulino
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	3.4%
Asian	3.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	12.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boring	Mulino
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	30.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boring	Mulino
Drove alone	62.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	16.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boring	Mulino
1-unit, detached	90.3%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Boring	Mulino
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1982	1976