Beaverton vs Hillsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Beaverton and Hillsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hillsboro has the higher population (107,050 vs 97,502 in Beaverton). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($103,207 vs $94,279 in Beaverton). Beaverton has the higher median home value ($543,100 vs $483,400 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
Population	97,502	107,050
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,279	$103,207
Median home value	$543,100	$483,400
Median gross rent	$1,727	$1,896
Housing units	43,195	42,595
Homeownership rate	49.8%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
Population	97,861 → 97,502 (-0.4%)	106,543 → 107,050 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$71,806 → $94,279 (+31.3%)	$82,275 → $103,207 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$376,500 → $543,100 (+44.2%)	$342,500 → $483,400 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,727 (+29.1%)	$1,453 → $1,896 (+30.5%)

Beaverton

Population

97,86197,502

Median household income

$71,806$94,279

Median home value

$376,500$543,100

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,727

Hillsboro

Population

106,543107,050

Median household income

$82,275$103,207

Median home value

$342,500$483,400

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.3%	20.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.9%
75 and over	6.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	52.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	11.2%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.9%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	15.5%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
Drove alone	61.2%	63.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.1%
Public transit	5.3%	4.7%
Walked	2.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.9%	19.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	41.9%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	13.8%
20 or more units	14.6%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaverton	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1987	1997