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Washington County / Hillsboro, OR

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Washington County is the western side of the Portland metro: Hillsboro, Beaverton, Tigard and about 601,000 residents on the Tualatin River plain. A Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Hillsboro, in the Rice family's old house, keeps a rhodochrosite specimen called the Alma Rose. Incomes and school ratings here sit near the top of the country, and the county has a wine appellation of its own in the Tualatin Hills.

Broadband Internet: 91%: Hillsboro is its own internet company. HiLight, the city-owned fibre network, has connected homes and businesses since March 2021. <98% of 3,143 counties
All Occupations: $99K¹: A median household income of $99K, higher than 96% of counties. Intel's largest operation in the world is here, in Hillsboro. >96% of 3,143 counties
Top School Rating: 99.0⁶: A top school rating of 99.0, beaten in only 54 counties. Beaverton School District's option schools admit by lottery rather than by catchment. >98% of 3,028 counties
Wineries: 14: The county has a wine appellation of its own: the Tualatin Hills AVA, approved in June 2020 and drawn around windblown Laurelwood soil. >90% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — State Income Tax: 9.9%: Oregon charges no general sales tax, so the price on a Hillsboro shelf is the price at the till. The 9.9% here is a top bracket, and a joint return at the county's median income is taxed below it. >96% of 3,143 counties

Washington County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 600,372, making it the state's second most populous county and most populous "Washington County" in the United States. The county seat and largest city is Hillsboro.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Unlimited)
ACT/SAT Scores: #39
Air Quality: 6.2¹
Alcohol Regulation: #10
All Occupations: $85K
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.5%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-1.7%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 41m
Any Natural Disaster: Medium³
Architecture & Engineering: $99K¹⁰
Art Museums: 2
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $73K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑9.3%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑5.9%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 50.2⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 26
Bike Score: 72
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-6.8%
Boating: 210
Broadband Internet: 91%
Buddhists: ↑0.1%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $38K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $81K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 54%
Catholics: ↓-2.7%⁷
City Population: 106K
Climate Change Risk: 2.3
Coastal Flooding: none³
Cold Wave: none³
Community & Social Service: $57K¹⁰
Commute Time: 26
Computer & Mathematical: $100K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $64K¹⁰
County Population: 601K
Cuisine Diversity: 52
Cycling: 19
Dentists: 9.4
Dog Friendly Rentals: 58%
Drought: none³
Earthquakes: Medium³
Education, Training, & Library: $70K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 35%
Elevation: 705'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-5.4%
Farmers Markets: 15
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $41K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 178
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $34K¹⁰
Forests: 52%
Freshwater Access: 388
Gluten-Free Options: 10
Golf: 43
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
Hail: Very Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $115K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $42K¹⁰
Heat Wave: Low³
High School Graduation Rate: 86%¹
Hiking: 245
Hindus: ↑0.7%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑7.2%
History Museums: 4
Home Ownership Rate: 62%
Homelessness: 119
Homicide Rate: 1¹
Hospitals: 4
Hurricanes: none³
Ice Storms: Very Low³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑3.0%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $58K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 3 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.5%⁷
Jews: ↓-0.1%⁷
Landslide: Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↑2.3%⁷
Legal: $109K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 83¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $76K¹⁰
Lightning: Low³
Live Music: 6
Major Airport: 0h 41m
Major City Proximity: 0h 28m
Major League Baseball: 3h 25m
Major League Soccer: 0h 22m
Management: $113K¹⁰
Median Age: 37 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $584K⁴
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,369
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $1,678
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $2,351
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $2,817
Median Rental - Room: $1,181
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,769⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $1,361
Mental Health Providers: 41.7
Meth Labs: 2
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 2h 52m
Mountains: 3,461'⁸
Multiracials: ↑2.5%
Muslims: ↓-0.1%⁷
National Parks: 2h 57m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↑0.3%
NBA Basketball: 0h 26m
NFL Football: 3h 25m
NHL Hockey: 3h 29m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑15.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 29%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $46K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑0.6%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 88%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↑0.7%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-0.1%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑1.5%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑4.0%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑2.6%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-1.5%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-2.9%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-2.8%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-1.6%
Performing Arts: 0
Personal Care & Service: $38K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 84% Dems
Population Density: 829
Population Growth: ↑0.0%
Poverty Rate: 7.5%
Primary Care Physicians: 9.1¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #16
Production: $46K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 1,958
Property Tax: 0.99%
Protective Service: $58K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-20.1%⁷
Rain: 56"
Regional Theatre: 1
River Flooding: Low³
Sales & Related: $49K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 0.0%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.2%
Scenic Beauty: #7
Seacoast Proximity: 1h 28m
Seasons: 35 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↓-7.9%
Skiing: 1h 39m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 41m
Smokers: 13%¹
Snow: 3"
Spanish Speakers: ↑5.7%
State Income Tax: 9.9%
Strong Wind: Very Low³
Summer Heat: 77 °F
Summer Mugginess: none
Sunny Days: 142
Termite Infestation: Light
Tobacco Regulation: #9
Top School Rating: 99.0
Tornadoes: Low³
Traffic: 832K
Transit Score: 37
Transportation & Material Moving: $44K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $112K⁵
Typical Expenses: $175K⁵
Typical Expenses: $92K⁵
Typical Expenses: $78K⁵
Typical Expenses: $78K⁵
Typical Expenses: $103K⁵
Typical Expenses: $103K⁵
Typical Expenses: $59K⁵
Typical Expenses: $145K⁵
Typical Expenses: $173K⁵
Typical Expenses: $134K⁵
Typical Expenses: $116K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 6.5%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 20
Violent Crime Rate: 169²
Volcanic Activity: Medium³
Walk Score: 44
Water Quality: 1/4
Whites: ↓-11.1%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 9 mph
Wineries: 14
Winter Cold: 42 °F
Winter Weather: Medium³

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