Cornelius vs Tualatin

A side-by-side comparison of Cornelius and Tualatin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tualatin has the higher population (27,710 vs 13,700 in Cornelius). Tualatin has the higher median household income ($105,073 vs $90,071 in Cornelius). Tualatin has the higher median home value ($595,800 vs $419,000 in Cornelius).

Population, income & housing

	Cornelius	Tualatin
Population	13,700	27,710
Median age	35.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,071	$105,073
Median home value	$419,000	$595,800
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,729
Housing units	4,673	11,357
Homeownership rate	72.1%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornelius	Tualatin
Population	12,638 → 13,700 (+8.4%)	27,527 → 27,710 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$67,207 → $90,071 (+34.0%)	$85,772 → $105,073 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$263,000 → $419,000 (+59.3%)	$419,400 → $595,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,475 (+33.8%)	$1,335 → $1,729 (+29.5%)

Cornelius

Population

12,63813,700

Median household income

$67,207$90,071

Median home value

$263,000$419,000

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,475

Tualatin

Population

27,52727,710

Median household income

$85,772$105,073

Median home value

$419,400$595,800

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornelius	Tualatin
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	16.3%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.9%
75 and over	2.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornelius	Tualatin
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	64.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.7%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornelius	Tualatin
No high school diploma	23.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.6%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornelius	Tualatin
Drove alone	70.1%	68.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.6%
Public transit	5.7%	2.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.5%	19.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornelius	Tualatin
1-unit, detached	69.3%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	17.6%
20 or more units	2.3%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cornelius	Tualatin
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.97	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1990	1991