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Boring, OR
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Boring profile


Living in Boring



Boring is a very small town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 1,931 people and two associated neighborhoods, Boring is the 152nd largest community in Oregon.

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

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Because of many things, Boring is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Boring really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Boring perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Boring has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Boring a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Boring, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Boring doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Boring is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.09% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Boring in 2018 was $42,976, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,904 for a family of four. However, Boring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Boring is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Boring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boring residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Boring also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.59% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Boring include German, Irish, Swedish, Italian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Boring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.