Hillsboro is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 107,299 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Hillsboro is the fifth largest community in Oregon. Housing costs in Hillsboro are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Oregon.Hillsboro is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hillsboro is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hillsboro who work in architecture and engineering (11.16%), office and administrative support (10.22%), and management occupations (10.11%). Also of interest is that Hillsboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.42% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. For the size of the city, public transportation in Hillsboro is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Hillsboro, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The citizens of Hillsboro are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.73% of adults in Hillsboro have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hillsboro in 2022 was $47,232, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $188,928 for a family of four. However, Hillsboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hillsboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hillsboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hillsboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hillsboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hillsboro include German, English, Irish, European, and Norwegian. Hillsboro also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.43%. The most common language spoken in Hillsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
