City safety & data profile
Forest GroveOR
Forest Grove, OR is a 24K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $87,933.
Washington County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Forest Grove, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Forest Grove has a population larger than 54% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $479,600, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 24K
- Population (place)
- Top 46%
- By size
- $87,933
- Median income (place)
- $479,600
- Median home (place)
- 15.4%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Forest Grove
Forest Grove posts a median household income higher than 58% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Forest Grove area.
- Top 42%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Forest Grove
Composite score · Forest Grove, OR
46/100
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.
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.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Forest Grove in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Forest Grove income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$87,933 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
OR cities ranked by population
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.
OR cities ranked by median household income
Median household income across 57 tracked OR places. Hover a bar for its 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 Bethany posts the highest place-level median income in OR; Portland is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Forest Grove, OR beyond the headline numbers
Forest Grove sits inside Washington County, Oregon, at roughly 45.52°N, -123.11°W. Population 24,457, $87,933 median household income. Median home value $479,600, median rent $1,460. Poverty rate 15.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Forest Grove (nearest 8.3 mi away), 3.8/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER. Climate: 52.1°F annual average, 46.6" precipitation.
3.6% of Forest Grove workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.2% in Forest Grove, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Forest Grove costs around 5.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Forest Grove's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Forest Grove, OR stands at 15.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Unemployment in Forest Grove sits at 4.3%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
31.8% of Forest Grove adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 12.2% of Forest Grove workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Median rent in Forest Grove, OR runs $1,460/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Forest Grove 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): Forest Grove'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.
Economic Snapshot
Forest Grove's poverty rate of 15.4% runs 24% above the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median rent also diverges: $1,460/mo, 5% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 15.4% +24% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 31.8% |
| Work From Home | 12.2% |
| Public Transit | 3.6% |
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.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelWashington County has recorded 21 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $138K in payouts since 2016.
No single named event dominates this county's claim history: most are individual, unnamed flood losses.
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 Forest Grove?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Forest Grove right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-FOREST-GROVE · Forest Grove
Forest Grove: 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 Forest Grove; 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 Forest Grove, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (15.4% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($87,933 here).
Compare Forest Grove 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.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Forest Grove's profile
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 Forest Grove 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 Forest Grove against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
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.