Forest Grove vs Tigard

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

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

Tigard has the higher population (55,395 vs 26,406 in Forest Grove). Tigard has the higher median household income ($105,008 vs $81,998 in Forest Grove). Tigard has the higher median home value ($585,700 vs $464,300 in Forest Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Grove	Tigard
Population	26,406	55,395
Median age	34.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,998	$105,008
Median home value	$464,300	$585,700
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,732
Housing units	9,110	23,512
Homeownership rate	62.3%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Grove	Tigard
Population	24,457 → 26,406 (+8.0%)	53,312 → 55,395 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$64,172 → $81,998 (+27.8%)	$79,809 → $105,008 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$319,200 → $464,300 (+45.5%)	$408,400 → $585,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,393 (+28.9%)	$1,243 → $1,732 (+39.3%)

Forest Grove

Population

24,45726,406

Median household income

$64,172$81,998

Median home value

$319,200$464,300

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,393

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)

	Forest Grove	Tigard
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.7%
75 and over	6.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Grove	Tigard
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	68.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Grove	Tigard
No high school diploma	11.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	23.1%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Grove	Tigard
Drove alone	67.5%	62.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.6%
Public transit	4.6%	2.9%
Walked	6.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	24.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Grove	Tigard
1-unit, detached	57.8%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	12.6%
20 or more units	10.4%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest Grove	Tigard
Poverty rate	13.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1983	1988