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Forest Grove, OR

26,406 Population
5.9 square miles 4,482.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,726 ±$2,263 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $50,158 ±$389
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $44,063 ±$304
$81,998 ±$6,660 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $94,573 ±$856
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $80,426 ±$573

13.4% ±2.9% (3,397  ±725) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.6% 236,581 (±0.2% / ±5,594)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 494,736 (±0.2% / ±9,639)

29.7 minutes ±6.4 (339,745  ±76,745) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25.4 25,767,950 (±0.1 / ±218,962)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oregon: 23.2 38,743,040 (±0.1 / ±274,387)

Families

8,888 ±435 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,000,418 ±2,091
  • Oregon: 1,701,548 ±3,556
2.8 ±0.1 (25,126  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.5 2,466,861 (±0 / ±348)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,141,889

6.8% ±2.8% (484  ±205) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.5% 27,681 (±0.3% / ±1,666)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,255 (±0.2% / ±2,165)

Housing

9,110 ±458 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,050,449 ±294
  • Oregon: 1,838,631 ±399

$464,300 ±$13,642 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $526,500 ±$3,299
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $454,200 ±$1,608

11.9% ±2.9% (3,073  ±742.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 14.3% 355,872 (±0.3% / ±7,164.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,128 (±0.2% / ±10,003.6)

Social

88.8% ±4.3% (14,560  ±945.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,664,553 (±0.6% / ±10,234.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.7% 2,770,789 (±0.4% / ±13,166.6)
31.7% ±3.1% (5,195  ±561.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 42.1% 754,464 (±0.4% / ±6,402.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 36.2% 1,094,312 (±0.3% / ±8,357.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13% ±2.9% (3,431  ±756) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.5% 314,406
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oregon: 9.7% 410,791

7.2% ±1.8% (1,429  ±353) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6.4% 128,070 (±0.1% / ±2,472)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 7.5% 252,530 (±0.1% / ±3,559)
1,429 Total veterans ±353 1,344 Male ±351 85 Female ±70

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