#1Bethany
unincorporated, Washington County · 33,106 peopleMedian household income·±$7,067 margin·4.0% in poverty
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bethany, #1 on this list · Photo: Kingofthedead · Public domainBethany has the highest median household income of Oregon’s 142 towns of 2,500+: $167,735 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town here is at $81,098; 30 of the 142 top $100,000.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: median household income. Each figure is an estimate with a margin of error (in the row); towns whose ranges overlap may not truly differ. The survey reports incomes over $250,000 only as “$250,000+”. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1Median household income·±$7,067 margin·4.0% in poverty
#2Median household income·±$27,857 margin·4.7% in poverty
#3Median household income·±$18,549 margin·8.1% in poverty
Median household income, highest first.
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Bethany (unincorporated, Washington County): its median household income is $167,735 (±$7,067). Bull Mountain ($165,426) and Cedar Mill ($164,079) follow.
By median household income in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T), including every town at the survey’s $250,000+ ceiling. How grades work.
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with an ACS income figure (142 in Oregon). Smaller towns show their income on their own page. Every town is on the Oregon page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.