Cornelius, Oregon.
Typical home $474,865 (-2.7% in a year), asking rent $2,302 . Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,132 (+83%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $12,994 -3%
- $487,859$474,865 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $13,516 +3%
- $461,349$474,865 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Cornelius$2,492
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Cornelius, OR fell 2.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon
Cornelius is a city of 12,694 people in Washington County. Half its households earn more than $96,273 a year and half less, against $107,772 across Washington County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Cornelius is a small city in Washington County, home to a fairly young population compared with many places older homeowners might know. Most households own their homes, though incomes run below the county's and a good many residents rent. Winters are cool and wet, with only a little snow, and summers turn warm in August without becoming extreme.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops and in professional and business services. Within the city itself, Fred Meyer Stores, Wilco Farmers and Truss Components are among the largest workplaces. Commutes are of middling length, and only a small share of people work from home.
Things to do. Hillsboro Stadium is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to the Portland Art Museum, the Portland Japanese Garden and the Oregon Zoo, along with the Willamette River for time by the water.
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- 4,843households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 302,567 jobs in 2025, 2.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 44° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 82° and lows near 54°. About 3 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Forest Grove weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Cornelius
- Fred Meyer StoresWarehouse clubs and supercenters224
- Wilco FarmersFarm supply stores30
- Truss ComponentsBeams, wood, made from logs or bolts29
- Summit FoodsFruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing22
- AbleLightIntermediate care facilities20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 325 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cornelius’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
Cornelius home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cornelius$474,865
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Cornelius listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Cornelius27.83%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Cornelius47
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Cornelius9
Zip codes with a Cornelius address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cornelius — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.