Forest Grove vs Tualatin

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

Forest Grove 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 26,406 in Forest Grove). Tualatin has the higher median household income ($105,073 vs $81,998 in Forest Grove). Tualatin has the higher median home value ($595,800 vs $464,300 in Forest Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
Population	26,406	27,710
Median age	34.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,998	$105,073
Median home value	$464,300	$595,800
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,729
Housing units	9,110	11,357
Homeownership rate	62.3%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
Population	24,457 → 26,406 (+8.0%)	27,527 → 27,710 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$64,172 → $81,998 (+27.8%)	$85,772 → $105,073 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$319,200 → $464,300 (+45.5%)	$419,400 → $595,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,393 (+28.9%)	$1,335 → $1,729 (+29.5%)

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

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)

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.9%
75 and over	6.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	64.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.7%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
No high school diploma	11.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.1%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
Drove alone	67.5%	68.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.6%
Public transit	4.6%	2.0%
Walked	6.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.4%	19.1%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
1-unit, detached	57.8%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	17.6%
20 or more units	10.4%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest Grove	Tualatin
Poverty rate	13.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1983	1991