Tigard is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 41,261 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Tigard is the 12th largest community in Oregon.

Unlike some cities, Tigard isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tigard are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tigard is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tigard who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.82%), sales jobs (15.37%), and management occupations (11.87%).

Also of interest is that Tigard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Tigard is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Tigard Information and Demographics

The education level of Tigard citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 36.49% of adults in Tigard have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tigard in 2000 was $25,110, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,440 for a family of four.

Tigard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tigard home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Tigard is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tigard include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Italian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Tigard is English. Some people also speak Spanish.