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On schools it is strong (A): its schools outperform 90% of the state's. Garden Home-Whitford grades A− overall, better than just over four fifths of U.S. towns, and ranks 11th of 142 in Oregon. Walkability is a strength too: it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $627K, 6.4 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. It lags on hazard risk as well: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than nearly three fifths of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Adam and Johanna Feldman House is on the National Register of Historic Places. 63% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, above both Oregon’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 8 of the 142 Oregon towns we compare have a higher share of workers working from home than Garden Home-Whitford.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Garden Home-Whitford is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 6%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
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Where Garden Home-Whitford beats most towns.
Census counts: 6,982 in 2000, 7,081 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1911 and 7 maps from 1916 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Where Garden Home-Whitford’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Ordered by what stands out in Garden Home-Whitford.
Garden Home-Whitford has schools in the top 5% of Oregon, has less tooth loss than most of Oregon and sends most of its workers to Portland and beyond.
That grade ranks #6 of the 142 Oregon towns we grade for schools. It comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $627K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Creek School for Gifted Children PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–3 | Grades 1–3 | 8 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Oregon is tooth loss: 7.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.5% statewide.
In Garden Home-Whitford, 14% of adults binge drink. On the CDC’s 26 measures, Garden Home-Whitford is ahead of Oregon on 10 and behind on 1. 16% of adults in Garden Home-Whitford get no exercise outside work; 9.4% smoke cigarettes.
| Garden Home-Whitford | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Garden Home-Whitford | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.3% | 12.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 8.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Garden Home-Whitford has 739 jobs for its 3,238 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 30.6% of workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon.
31% of Garden Home-Whitford workers do their job from home. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: the town had 739 jobs in 2023, up 96 from 2013. Its median household income stands at $98,000.
| Garden Home-Whitford | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 31% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Garden Home-Whitford’s concentration of trails stands at 0.9 miles per square mile. Count the trails in 4 parks and preserves and they come to 1.4 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Garden Home Park | — | 8 |
| 2. Moonshadow Woods Natural Area | — | 5 |
| 3. Florence Pointe Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A typical home in Garden Home-Whitford is worth about $627,000, about the same as a year ago, 27% above the Oregon typical home. The typical rent here is $1,878 a month. On the market in the town: a median 7 days to sell.
| Garden Home-Whitford | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,878 a month | $1,413 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For Garden Home-Whitford, the midsummer high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, Garden Home-Whitford has seen 41 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 62% come from earthquakes and 28% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Garden Home-Whitford. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
5 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
5 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
32 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
8 mi City parkForest Park
7 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial ColiseumModa Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Garden Home-Whitford 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.
17 within 15 miles of the center of Garden Home-Whitford
About 5 of every 100 Garden Home-Whitford residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
CDP in Oregon, United States
Garden Home-Whitford is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of the neighborhoods of Garden Home and the smaller Whitford area in Washington County, Oregon, United States. They are located in the southwest hills of Portland, near Beaverton. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 7,081.
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5 towns share a border with Garden Home-Whitford.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Home-Whitford | #11 | A− | D | — | A | A− |
| Beaverton | #38 | B− | D | C− | A | A− |
| Raleigh Hills | #8 | A− | D− | — | A | A |
| Portland | #61 | C+ | D | D− | A | A− |
| Metzger | #20 | B+ | D | — | A− | A− |
| Tigard | #47 | B− | D | D | A− | A− |
Garden Home-Whitford, Raleigh Hills and Metzger report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Garden Home-Whitford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Garden Home-Whitford grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #11 of 142 in Oregon. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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