Bull MountainOR
A town of 9,865.
Is Bull Mountain a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bull Mountain grades A− overall, 15th among Oregon's 142 graded towns. The median household earns $165K. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its schools outperform 79% of the state's. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $697K for a typical one and 7.1 times the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Bull Mountain’s median household income is $165,000, above both Oregon’s towns ($81,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). On hazard risk, just 16 of Oregon’s 228 towns do better.
What makes Bull Mountain stand out
Where Bull Mountain beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Bull Mountain for work
Where Bull Mountain’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bull Mountain grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Bull Mountain is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 9%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moda Center and 168 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bull Mountain. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
37 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
10 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
10 mi GardenForest Park
21 mi MuseumEvergreen Aviation & Space MuseumPhoto credits
Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Notkeel at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Bull Mountain: who provides what
Bull Mountain is unincorporated, so Washington County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bull Mountain.
Bull Mountain has less tooth loss than most of Oregon and sends most of its workers to Portland and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Oregon.
A smaller share of adults in Bull Mountain get no exercise outside work than in the typical Oregon or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Oregon is tooth loss: 5.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.5% statewide. Its A for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Tigard (A−) comes closest.
14% of adults get no exercise outside work in Bull Mountain. Only 8 of the 142 Oregon towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Bull Mountain. 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Bull Mountain.
| Bull Mountain | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 21% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bull Mountain | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.7% | 12.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 8.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 68% | 71.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Bull Mountain
Bull Mountain has 423 jobs for its 5,276 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 35.2% of workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon.
Most working residents leave Bull Mountain for work: only 1% work in town. 4.7% of Bull Mountain residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Bull Mountain has added 198 jobs, to 423 in 2023.
| Bull Mountain | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bull Mountain has mild winters and pleasant summers
Bull Mountain has mild winters and pleasant summers. Bull Mountain’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Bull Mountain
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 3.4% of Bull Mountain
0.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Bull Mountain is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Bull Mountain | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Westside Trail | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Bull Mountain sell for about $640K
At 7.1 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 84% of Oregon towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $6,223, against $3,876 across Oregon, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among 140 Oregon towns, just 10 have a higher median rent than Bull Mountain.
| Bull Mountain | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,931 a month | $1,413 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bull Mountain
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Bull Mountain
About 6 of every 100 Bull Mountain residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
Bull Mountain’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Bull Mountain.
At #15 in OR, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; King City (B+) comes closest.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Mountain | #15 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Tigard | #47 | B− | D | D | A− | A− |
| Beaverton | #38 | B− | D | C− | A | A− |
| King City | #28 | B+ | D | B+ | A− | B |
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Questions about Bull Mountain
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bull Mountain, OR a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bull Mountain grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #15 of 142 in Oregon. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Bull Mountain, OR expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $697,000, 41% above the Oregon typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.