2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Hillsboro, OR vs Menlo Park, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Menlo Park has been positive.
- Menlo Park has 1.3% more unemployment than Hillsboro.
- Menlo Park job growth has increased by 14.2% in the past 10 years.
 Hillsboro, ORMenlo Park, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth46.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-0.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth18.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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Reviews for Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cost of living is beyond absurdly  More

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Very nice. Good connection to San Francisco or San Jose or any city in between via Caltrain or bus. Weather can't be  More

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My 14mo daughter, wife and I live in Menlo Park, CA which is approximately half way between San Francisco and San Jose. To afford an upper middle class quality of life  More

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