Beaverton vs Tigard

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

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

Beaverton has the higher population (97,502 vs 55,395 in Tigard). Tigard has the higher median household income ($105,008 vs $94,279 in Beaverton). Tigard has the higher median home value ($585,700 vs $543,100 in Beaverton).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverton	Tigard
Population	97,502	55,395
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,279	$105,008
Median home value	$543,100	$585,700
Median gross rent	$1,727	$1,732
Housing units	43,195	23,512
Homeownership rate	49.8%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverton	Tigard
Population	97,861 → 97,502 (-0.4%)	53,312 → 55,395 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$71,806 → $94,279 (+31.3%)	$79,809 → $105,008 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$376,500 → $543,100 (+44.2%)	$408,400 → $585,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,727 (+29.1%)	$1,243 → $1,732 (+39.3%)

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

Tigard

Population

53,31255,395

Median household income

$79,809$105,008

Median home value

$408,400$585,700

Median gross rent

$1,243$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverton	Tigard
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverton	Tigard
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	68.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	11.2%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverton	Tigard
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	15.5%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverton	Tigard
Drove alone	61.2%	62.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.6%
Public transit	5.3%	2.9%
Walked	2.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.9%	24.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverton	Tigard
1-unit, detached	41.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	14.6%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Beaverton	Tigard
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1987	1988