Tualatin, OR real estate and demographic information

About Tualatin

Tualatin is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 26,558 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Tualatin is the 19th largest community in Oregon.

Tualatin home prices are not only among the most expensive in Oregon, but Tualatin real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Tualatin is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.45% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tualatin is a city of sales and office workers, managers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tualatin who work in management occupations (16.01%), office and administrative support (15.11%) and sales jobs (13.44%).

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

Because of many things, Tualatin is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Tualatin a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Tualatin has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Tualatin’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Tualatin Information and Demographics

The citizens of Tualatin are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.92% of adults in Tualatin 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 Tualatin in 2010 was $30,176, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,704 for a family of four. However, Tualatin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tualatin is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tualatin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tualatin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Tualatin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tualatin include German, English, Irish, Italian, Norwegian and Scots-Irish.

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