Hillsboro vs Tigard

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

Hillsboro and Tigard 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 55,395 in Tigard). Tigard has the higher median household income ($105,008 vs $103,207 in Hillsboro). Tigard has the higher median home value ($585,700 vs $483,400 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Tigard
Population	107,050	55,395
Median age	34.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,207	$105,008
Median home value	$483,400	$585,700
Median gross rent	$1,896	$1,732
Housing units	42,595	23,512
Homeownership rate	50.6%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Tigard
Population	106,543 → 107,050 (+0.5%)	53,312 → 55,395 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$82,275 → $103,207 (+25.4%)	$79,809 → $105,008 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$342,500 → $483,400 (+41.1%)	$408,400 → $585,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,896 (+30.5%)	$1,243 → $1,732 (+39.3%)

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

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)

	Hillsboro	Tigard
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	20.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.7%
75 and over	4.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Tigard
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	68.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	11.5%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Tigard
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	18.0%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Tigard
Drove alone	63.2%	62.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.6%
Public transit	4.7%	2.9%
Walked	2.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.6%	24.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Tigard
1-unit, detached	48.1%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	12.6%
20 or more units	18.4%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Tigard
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1997	1988