Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Tualatin grades B− overall, ranked 42nd of 142 in Oregon, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 89% of Oregon towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $626K, 6.4 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Tualatin is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 91% of U.S. towns. Tualatin has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Robbins-Melcher-Schatz Farmstead. Only 7 of the 75 Oregon towns we compare have a higher property crime rate than Tualatin.
Where Tualatin beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Elementary School | K–5 | 531 |
| Tualatin Elementary School | PK–5 | 414 |
| Edward Byrom Elementary School | PK–5 | 367 |
Where Tualatin’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 Tualatin is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 234 in 1920, 27,942 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 7 maps from 1916 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tualatin. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
11 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
35 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
11 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
12 mi GardenForest Park
22 mi MuseumEvergreen Aviation & Space MuseumModa 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tualatin, 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 Tualatin.
Tualatin draws workers from Portland and beyond and pairs an A for schools with high home prices, but it has property taxes 1.5 times the Oregon norm.
31,074 jobs are based in Tualatin, 2.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 22,282 in 2013 to 31,074.
Most working residents leave Tualatin for work: only 14% work in town. 22% of workers work from home in Tualatin, against 14% in Oregon’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Tualatin grew to 31,074 in 2023, 8,792 more than in 2013.
| Tualatin | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 9.5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $626K.
Its public schools are run by Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J. Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelbrook Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 792 | A− |
| Tualatin High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,687 | A |
| Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH)Top results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 237 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
70% of adults had a checkup this year in Tualatin, below both the Oregon town median (73%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). 18% of adults get no exercise outside work in Tualatin. Tualatin beats the Oregon average on 9 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Tualatin | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 73% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| What stands out | Tualatin | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 12.5% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.9% | 6.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 67.2% | 71.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median property tax bill is $5,856, against $3,876 across Oregon, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Tualatin is $1,806 a month. The typical Tualatin home is worth about $626,000, about the same as a year ago, 27% above the Oregon typical home. 55% of Tualatin households own their home.
| Tualatin | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,806 a month | $1,413 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 55% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Tualatin has mild winters and pleasant summers. Tualatin’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5.9 miles of trail in 20 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Saum Creek Greenway, at 57 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tualatin Community Park | 1.1 mi | 26 |
| 2. Brown's Ferry Park | 0.8 mi | 39 |
| 3. Tualatin Lake at the Commons | 0.6 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
People 65 and older are 15% of residents (19% statewide). 47% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across Oregon.
| Tualatin | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 27% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.4 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Oregon, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.5, men 36.5.
| Tualatin | OR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.6% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.3% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.7% | 22.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.9% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.6% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 44 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tualatin.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
15 within 15 miles of the center of Tualatin
About 5 of every 100 Tualatin residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
2 places in Tualatin on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Tualatin.
City in Oregon, United States
Tualatin ( too-AW-lə-tin) is a city located primarily in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon. A small portion of the city is also located in neighboring Clackamas County. It is a southwestern suburb in the Portland Metropolitan Area that is located south of Tigard. The population was 27,942 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Tualatin.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tualatin | #42 | B− | D | C− | A | A− |
| Durham | — | — | D | — | A− | B− |
| Stafford | — | — | D | — | A | A |
| Tigard | #47 | B− | D | D | A− | A− |
| Lake Oswego | #4 | A | D− | B | A+ | A+ |
| Rivergrove | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sherwood | #13 | A− | D | B− | A+ | A |
| King City | #28 | B+ | D | B+ | A− | B |
Durham and Stafford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Durham and Stafford report no FBI crime data of their own. Rivergrove isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tualatin with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Tualatin grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #42 of 142 in Oregon. It grades A− for health, C− for safety 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.
5 notable people were born here, including Jordan Chiles and Payton Pritchard.
