Boring vs Rhododendron

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

Boring and Rhododendron 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 205 in Rhododendron). Boring has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $84,519 in Rhododendron). Boring has the higher median home value ($649,000 vs $430,400 in Rhododendron).

Population, income & housing

	Boring	Rhododendron
Population	1,616	205
Median age	52.3 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$84,519
Median home value	$649,000	$430,400
Housing units	672	868
Homeownership rate	94.1%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boring	Rhododendron
Population	1,977 → 1,616 (-18.3%)	299 → 205 (-31.4%)
Median household income	$83,917 → $101,250 (+20.7%)	$100,660 → $84,519 (-16.0%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $649,000 (+45.0%)	$350,000 → $430,400 (+23.0%)
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

Rhododendron

Population

299205

Median household income

$100,660$84,519

Median home value

$350,000$430,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boring	Rhododendron
Under 5	1.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	23.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	41.5%
75 and over	10.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boring	Rhododendron
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boring	Rhododendron
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boring	Rhododendron
Drove alone	62.2%	49.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	28.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boring	Rhododendron
1-unit, detached	90.3%	95.7%
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%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Boring	Rhododendron
Poverty rate	4.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.80	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1982	1938