City safety & data profile
HillsboroOR
Hillsboro, OR is a 102K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $106,409.
Washington County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hillsboro, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hillsboro has a population larger than 93% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $521,100, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 102K
- Population (place)
- Top 7%
- By size
- $106,409
- Median income (place)
- $521,100
- Median home (place)
- 8.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Hillsboro
Hillsboro posts a median household income higher than 74% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Hillsboro area.
- Top 26%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Hillsboro
Composite score · Hillsboro, OR
65/100
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.
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.
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.
Hillsboro in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Hillsboro income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$106,409 Top 26% higher than 74% 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
Population ranking: OR
Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same 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 Portland tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.
Top earners by city in OR
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 Income honors go to Bethany here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Portland.
The quick read
Reading Hillsboro, OR beyond the headline numbers
Hillsboro sits inside Washington County, Oregon, at roughly 45.52°N, -122.99°W. Population 102,347, $106,409 median household income. Median home value $521,100, median rent $1,978. Poverty rate 8.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Hillsboro, 3.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 52.5°F annual average, 36.1" precipitation.
4.3% of Hillsboro workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
22% of Hillsboro workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 2.4% in Hillsboro, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
$1,978/month is the median rent in Hillsboro, OR, placing it in the priciest quarter of reporting cities; housing cost is doing real work against the household budget here.
Hillsboro's median age is 35 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
A median home in Hillsboro runs about 4.9 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
42.3% of Hillsboro adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
At 8.5%, poverty in Hillsboro, OR runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Unemployment in Hillsboro sits at 4.8%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hillsboro 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.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Washington County): Hillsboro'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.
Money & Work
Hillsboro's poverty rate of 8.5% runs 31% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,978/mo, 29% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 8.5% -31% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 42.3% |
| Work From Home | 22% |
| Public Transit | 4.3% |
By the Numbers
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 2 total
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 Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $138K across 21 flood insurance claims filed in Washington County.
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 Hillsboro?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hillsboro right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-HILLSBORO · Hillsboro
Hillsboro: 3 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-TRACE 3 on record
- WX-LED 67% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles
Tagged alert mix: Hillsboro
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
2
- Bushfire Alerts
Bushfire Alerts
1
What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Hillsboro.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hillsboro; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
Cities tracking a comparable alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
Frequently Asked Questions 9
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hillsboro, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (8.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($106,409 here).
Compare Hillsboro 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.
In the Area 8
Next steps for Hillsboro
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 Hillsboro area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Hillsboro against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
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.