Bull MountainOR
A town of 9,865 in Oregon.
Is Bull Mountain a good place to live?
Bull Mountain’s best grade is for incomes (A+): the median household earns $165K. At A− overall, Bull Mountain is better than 76% of U.S. towns and ranks 15th of 142 in Oregon. Health is another plus (A): it is healthier than 93% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $697K, 7.1 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. On hazard risk, just 16 of Oregon’s 228 towns do better. Bull Mountain's schools outperform 79% of the state's. Only 20 of Oregon’s 228 towns score lower on history. Three in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, where Oregon’s towns sit at 27% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results · National Register of Historic Places.
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 City parkForest 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.
In Bull Mountain, a quarter of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Only 8 of the 142 Oregon towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Bull Mountain. Also worth knowing: the town beats the Oregon average on 17 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| 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
Bull Mountain stands out in Oregon and nationally, with the median household income higher than most
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.
Among residents in Bull Mountain, 4.7% live below the poverty line. Only 7 of the 142 Oregon towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Bull Mountain. Since 2013, Bull Mountain has added 198 jobs, to 423 in 2023. The top destinations are Portland (25%), Beaverton (12%) and Hillsboro (10%).
| Bull Mountain | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $165,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| 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: mild winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 36° on a January night to 81° on a July afternoon, with about 4 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Bull Mountain, mostly inland flooding
Compared with three fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Bull Mountain is lower. 45% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 41%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.4% of the land in Bull Mountain is protected from building
Trails total 0.6 miles in 1 park or preserve. Bull Mountain’s concentration of trails 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 $695K
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.
The midpoint rent in Bull Mountain is $1,931 a month. For households locally, the share who own their home is 83%. Bidding over the asking price: 28% of homes sold in the town.
| 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 |
Bull Mountain reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Bull Mountain with a neighbor →
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.