Hillsboro vs Tualatin

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

Hillsboro and Tualatin 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 27,710 in Tualatin). Tualatin has the higher median household income ($105,073 vs $103,207 in Hillsboro). Tualatin has the higher median home value ($595,800 vs $483,400 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
Population	107,050	27,710
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,207	$105,073
Median home value	$483,400	$595,800
Median gross rent	$1,896	$1,729
Housing units	42,595	11,357
Homeownership rate	50.6%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
Population	106,543 → 107,050 (+0.5%)	27,527 → 27,710 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$82,275 → $103,207 (+25.4%)	$85,772 → $105,073 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$342,500 → $483,400 (+41.1%)	$419,400 → $595,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,896 (+30.5%)	$1,335 → $1,729 (+29.5%)

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

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)

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	20.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.9%
75 and over	4.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	64.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	11.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	1.7%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	18.0%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
Drove alone	63.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.6%
Public transit	4.7%	2.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.6%	19.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
1-unit, detached	48.1%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	17.6%
20 or more units	18.4%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro	Tualatin
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1997	1991