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A town of 11,131, settled in 1965.
Because it does well by almost any measure. Oak Hills earns an A, ranked 2nd of 142 in Oregon. The median household earns $127K, residents are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and its schools outperform 90% of the state's. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $648K, 6.6 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. 65% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Oak Hills, against 27% in Oregon’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Oak Hills is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. Oak Hills Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Oak Hills beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Oak Hills | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4% | 6.8% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills Elementary School | K–5 | 484 |
Where Oak Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Oak Hills 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 A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 7 maps from 1915 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Hills. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
7 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
5 mi GardenForest Park
35 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
6 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
8 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial ColiseumModa Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Oak Hills 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Hills.
Oak Hills is among the three healthiest towns in Oregon and has schools in the top 5% of Oregon, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Oregon.
It ranks #3 of the 142 Oregon towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Oregon is COPD: 4% of its 8,958 adults have COPD, against 6.8% statewide.
11% of Oak Hills adults report frequent physical distress. Among 142 Oregon towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Oak Hills. 15% of Oak Hills adults report frequent mental distress.
| Oak Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 73% | 79% |
| What stands out | Oak Hills | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4% | 6.8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.2% | 6.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 66.9% | 71.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A ranks #6 of the 142 Oregon towns we grade for schools. Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $648K.
Its public schools are run by Beaverton SD 48J. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 484 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Oak Hills has 635 jobs for its 5,513 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 453 in 2013 to 635.
Most working residents leave Oak Hills for work: only 2% work in town. 3.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Oak Hills. Jobs based in Oak Hills grew to 635 in 2023, 182 more than in 2013.
| Oak Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $127,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.9 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Bronson Creek Greenway, at 43 acres.
| Oak Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 16% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bronson Creek Greenway | — | 43 |
| 2. John Marty Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Waterhouse Linear Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Oak Hills has mild winters and pleasant summers. Oak Hills’ July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 6.6 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 75% of Oregon towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $5,862, against $3,876 across Oregon, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Oak Hills is $1,935 a month.
| Oak Hills | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,935 a month | $1,413 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 62% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities. Since 2010, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oak Hills.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
16 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Hills
About 5 of every 100 Oak Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Oak Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) and neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The CDP population was 11,903 at the 2020 census. It is on unincorporated land north of Beaverton, west of Cedar Mill, and south/southeast of Bethany. The CDP is roughly bounded by the Sunset Highway on the south, West Union Road on the north, Northwest 174th Avenue on the west, and Northwest 143rd Avenue on the east. The U.S. Postal Service has assigned Beaverton addresses to the area. Fire protection and EMS services are provided through Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. The Oak Hills neighborhood is substantially smaller than the CDP, and is contained within the area bounded by Corne…
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4 towns share a border with Oak Hills.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills | #2 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Beaverton | #38 | B− | D | C− | A | A− |
| Rockcreek | #10 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Bethany | #1 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Cedar Mill | #7 | A | D | — | A | A |
Oak Hills, Rockcreek, Bethany and Cedar Mill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oak Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Oak Hills grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #2 of 142 in Oregon. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $648,000, 31% 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.
