| | Hillsboro, OR | Portland, OR | United States |
| Overall | 128.1 | 127.7 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 102.0 | 103.7 | 100 |
| Health | 90.2 | 90.6 | 100 |
| Housing | 158.3 | 184.1 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $533,000 | $537,200 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 8,270.0% | 7,990.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 122.4 | 129.9 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 136.4 | 140.1 | 100 |
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Reviews for Hillsboro 
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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
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
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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I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a More
One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the More
I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and More
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