City safety & data profile
CorneliusOR
Cornelius, OR is a 12K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $96,273.
Washington County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cornelius, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cornelius has a population larger than 14% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $452,900, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 12K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 15%
- By size
- $96,273
- Median income (place)
- $452,900
- Median home (place)
- 9.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Cornelius
Cornelius posts a median household income higher than 66% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Cornelius area.
- Top 34%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Cornelius
Composite score · Cornelius, OR
49/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Cornelius income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$96,273 Top 34% higher than 66% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in OR
57 OR places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Portland
Portland, OR
652,503 residents
- Eugene 176,654
Eugene, OR
176,654 residents
- Salem 175,535
Salem, OR
175,535 residents
- Gresham 110,553
Gresham, OR
110,553 residents
- Hillsboro 102,347
Hillsboro, OR
102,347 residents
- Beaverton 96,577
Beaverton, OR
96,577 residents
- Bend 87,014
Bend, OR
87,014 residents
- Medford 79,805
Medford, OR
79,805 residents
- Springfield 60,870
Springfield, OR
60,870 residents
- Corvallis 55,780
Corvallis, OR
55,780 residents
What this shows By headcount, Portland ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Bethany.
Top earners by city in OR
Median household income among the same 57-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Bethany
Bethany, OR
$167,735 median
- Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill, OR
$164,079 median
- West Linn
West Linn, OR
$146,507 median
- Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR
$141,549 median
- Oak Hills
Oak Hills, OR
$127,179 median
- Damascus
Damascus, OR
$122,500 median
- Happy Valley
Happy Valley, OR
$122,151 median
- Sherwood
Sherwood, OR
$109,966 median
- Sandy
Sandy, OR
$108,984 median
- Tigard
Tigard, OR
$108,823 median
What this shows Income honors go to Bethany here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Portland.
The quick read
Reading Cornelius, OR beyond the headline numbers
Cornelius sits inside Washington County, Oregon, at roughly 45.52°N, -123.06°W. Population 12,317, $96,273 median household income. Median home value $452,900, median rent $1,573. Poverty rate 9.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Cornelius (nearest 6.4 mi away), 3.8/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER. Climate: 52.1°F annual average, 46.6" precipitation.
6.8% of Cornelius workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 17.3% in Cornelius, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
18.9% of Cornelius adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Cornelius's median age is 35.1 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
A median home in Cornelius runs about 4.7 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Remote work covers 9% of Cornelius workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
At 9.1%, poverty in Cornelius, OR runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Median rent in Cornelius, OR runs $1,573/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Unemployment in Cornelius sits at 5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cornelius from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Washington County): Cornelius's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
What stands out most about Cornelius's economic profile: poverty rate at 9.1%, 27% below the average across tracked places. Median household income runs 8% above average too, at $96,273.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 9.1% -27% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 18.9% |
| Work From Home | 9% |
| Public Transit | 6.8% |
Headcount
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Hospital Options 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20245.4% above national average
Metro area: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelWashington County has recorded 21 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $138K in payouts since 2016.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Cornelius?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cornelius right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-CORNELIUS-OR · Cornelius
Cornelius: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cornelius; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cornelius, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (9.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($96,273 here).
Compare Cornelius with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
Next steps for Cornelius
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cornelius area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Cornelius against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Washington County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.