Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 111,126, settled in 1841.
For a city of 111,126, Hillsboro does unevenly: it grades C+, 56th among Oregon's 142 graded towns. It is healthier than 78% of U.S. towns and it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. The trade-offs: homes are expensive, about $510K for a typical one and 5.2 times the Portland metro’s $97K median household income, and its police reported 314 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 79% of U.S. towns. 34% of working residents work locally in Hillsboro, above both Oregon’s towns (9.5%) and U.S. towns (8%). Hillsboro has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Imbrie Farm and Rice-Gates House. On civic life, just 15 of Oregon’s 161 towns do worse.
Where Hillsboro beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1841, comes before those of 97% of the Oregon towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 402 in 1880, 106,447 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1853 and 6 maps from 1940 on.
10 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Hillsboro is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 9%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hillsboro. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
12 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
40 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
in town Stadium & arenaHillsboro Stadium
10 mi City parkForest Park
10 mi MuseumPittock MansionModa 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 · Hillsboro Stadium: Hillsboro Parks and Recreation, CC BY 3.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hillsboro, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Hillsboro.
Hillsboro draws workers from Portland and beyond and fares better on crime within Oregon than nationally, but it trails Beaverton and its other neighbors on schools.
85,946 jobs are based in Hillsboro, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 64,675 in 2013 to 85,946.
For half of commuters, work is under 8 miles away. Jobs in Hillsboro grew by 21,271 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 85,946. In Hillsboro, the middle household income is $106,000. The top destinations are Portland (20%), Beaverton (8%) and Tigard (4%).
| Hillsboro | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $106,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Each of its 3 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its B, Beaverton highest at A.
Three of its 35 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Hillsboro SD 1J runs its public schools. 6 public schools serve Hillsboro, with 2,574 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Jr High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 728 | A− |
| Century High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,563 | B+ |
| Beaverton Academy of Science and EngineeringTop results in townGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 852 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Hillsboro’s density of trails stands at 1.2 miles per square mile. 32 miles of trail in 97 parks and preserves. Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, at 283 acres with 3.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve | 3.6 mi | 283 |
| 2. Rood Bridge Park | 1.2 mi | 57 |
| 3. Orenco Woods Nature Park | 0.9 mi | 44 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 34.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 63% of Oregon’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 3,004 to 2,474 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Hillsboro’s violent crime rate comes in at 2.8 per 1,000 residents. The level of property crime for Hillsboro comes to 19.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Hillsboro | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 19.4 per 1,000 residents | 15.2 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.8 per 1,000 residents | 2.1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
9.1% of Hillsboro adults have diabetes. The town does better than the Oregon average on 9 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 3. Among 142 Oregon towns, just 9 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Hillsboro.
| Hillsboro | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 73% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 25% |
| What stands out | Hillsboro | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.4% | 6.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 64.1% | 71.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hillsboro’s midsummer high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just over two in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Hillsboro. People 65 and older are just over one in ten residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 30% of residents (23% statewide). In Hillsboro, the median age is 35 years. The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Hillsboro at 111,126 residents, up 4.4% since 2020.
| Hillsboro | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 27% | 29% |
| Median age | 35 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
48.8% women, 51.2% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across Oregon, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 36.3, men 34.2.
| Hillsboro | OR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.8% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.1% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.8% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.6% | 22.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.3% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.9% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.3% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Just over two thirds of Hillsboro’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 24%. Federal aid has come to Hillsboro households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2020.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical value, about $510K, is 8% below its July 2022 peak.
Only 8 of the 140 Oregon towns we compare have a higher going rate for rent than Hillsboro. The share of households in Hillsboro who live in a home they own: 50%. Zillow values the typical Hillsboro home at about $510,000, down 2.3% in a year, close to the Oregon typical home. Also worth knowing: homes sold in Hillsboro spent a median 21 days on the market.
| Hillsboro | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,978 a month | $1,413 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 50% | 65% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 46% | 53% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
10 within 15 miles of the center of Hillsboro
About 7 of every 100 Hillsboro residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
91,611 counted in 2010 and 106,447 in 2020; an estimated 111,126 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
10 places in Hillsboro on the National Register of Historic Places.
16 notable people were born in Hillsboro.
City in Oregon, United States
Hillsboro ( HILZ-bər-oh) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the county seat of Washington County. Situated in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city hosts many high-technology companies, such as Intel, in an area locally known as the Silicon Forest. The population was 106,447 at the 2020 census, making Hillsboro the fifth-most populous city in Oregon. Settlers founded a community here in 1842, later named after David Hill, an Oregon politician. Transportation by riverboat on the Tualatin River was part of Hillsboro's settler economy. A railroad reached the area in the early 1870s and an interurban electric railway about four decades later. Th…
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3 towns share a border with Hillsboro.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; Beaverton (B−) is closest.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro | #56 | C+ | D | C− | B | A− |
| Aloha | #22 | B+ | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Rockcreek | #10 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Beaverton | #38 | B− | D | C− | A | A− |
Aloha and Rockcreek report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hillsboro with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hillsboro grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #56 of 142 in Oregon. It grades A− for health, C− for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Hillsboro reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade: 314 violent and 2,160 property crimes in 2025.
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.
16 notable people were born here, including Travis Knight and Savannah Outen.
