Boring vs Stafford

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

Boring and Stafford 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 1,572 in Stafford). Stafford has the higher median household income ($182,372 vs $101,250 in Boring). Stafford has the higher median home value ($1,119,400 vs $649,000 in Boring).

Population, income & housing

	Boring	Stafford
Population	1,616	1,572
Median age	52.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$182,372
Median home value	$649,000	$1,119,400
Housing units	672	611
Homeownership rate	94.1%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	75.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boring	Stafford
Population	1,977 → 1,616 (-18.3%)	1,733 → 1,572 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$83,917 → $101,250 (+20.7%)	$125,938 → $182,372 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $649,000 (+45.0%)	$927,400 → $1,119,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,246 (-9.4%)	$1,145 → $2,125 (+85.6%)

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

Stafford

Population

1,7331,572

Median household income

$125,938$182,372

Median home value

$927,400$1,119,400

Median gross rent

$1,145$2,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boring	Stafford
Under 5	1.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	24.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	3.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	19.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.0%
75 and over	10.6%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boring	Stafford
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boring	Stafford
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	30.1%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	33.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boring	Stafford
Drove alone	62.2%	65.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	25.7%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boring	Stafford
1-unit, detached	90.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boring	Stafford
Poverty rate	4.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1982	1976