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About Tualatin
Tualatin is a city on the Tualatin River, mainly in Washington County with a small part in Clackamas County. Wikipedia says it was once called Galbreath and then Bridgeport, after the first bridge over the river built in 1853, and took the name Tualatin when a railroad depot town was platted in the 1880s. It was incorporated in 1913.
Tualatin in numbers
| Measure | Tualatin |
|---|---|
| Population, 2020 Census | 27,942 |
| Population, ACS 2020-2024 | 27,763 |
| Population, Portland State University certified estimate, July 1, 2025 | 28,318 (+1.3% since 2020) |
| Households | 10,837 |
| Owner-occupied share of households | 55.1% |
| Median household income | $104,043 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $628,200 |
| Median age | 37.4 |
| Owner-occupied homes valued at $300,000 or more | 5,661 of 5,976 (94.7%) |
| Owner-occupied homes valued at $750,000 or more | 1,469 of 5,976 (24.6%) |
| Business establishments, ZIP 97062 | 1,204 |
| Paid employees at those establishments | 29,809 |
A plain reading
Tualatin is younger and more renter-heavy than its neighbors: the median age is 37.4 and about 45 in 100 households rent. Median household income is above $104,000 and the median home value is above $628,000. Even so, about 95 in 100 owner-occupied homes are valued at $300,000 or more. The business count stands out: ZIP 97062 reports nearly 30,000 paid employees, which is more than the city has residents.
In 2023 ZIP 97062 held 1,204 business establishments. The employee figure includes people who commute in from elsewhere.
How we got these numbers
- Households, tenure, income, home value, age and home-value brackets come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates for 2020-2024, tables B01003, B11001, B25003, B19013, B25077, B01002 and B25075, read through Census Reporter. Dollars are 2024 inflation-adjusted ACS dollars.
- Margins of error: the ACS lists 90 percent margins of error. For Tualatin the largest are: median household income plus or minus $5,448, median home value plus or minus $11,175, owner-occupied share (about 55 percent) plus or minus about 4 points, and the count of owner homes valued at $300,000 or more plus or minus about 430 (our own combination of the bracket margins). Median age is plus or minus 1.8 years.
- The 2020 population is the Census count (TIGERweb, Census 2020 place layer). The 2025 figure is the certified estimate from Portland State University's Population Research Center (Vintage 2025 city estimates file).
- Business counts are from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 for ZIP 97062. They are by ZIP code, not by city limit, and they leave out businesses with no paid employees. The ZIP code may not match the city limit exactly, and the Census adds small amounts of noise to employee counts to protect confidentiality.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year data (2020-2024)
- Census Reporter
- Census ZIP Code Business Patterns
- Portland State University Population Research Center
- Tualatin, Oregon (Wikipedia), for history
- Census TIGERweb
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