Durham, Oregon.
Typical home $798,601 (+1.7% in a year). Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,150 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,498 +2%
- $785,103$798,601 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $109,452 +16%
- $689,149$798,601 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.
- Durham$4,192
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.
Typical home values in Durham, OR rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Durham, Washington County, Oregon
Durham is a city of 1,944 people in Washington County. 32% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 68% 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 professional services, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Durham is a small city in Washington County, and its residents tend to be older than in many communities. Most households rent rather than own, and homes are priced well above what is typical for the country. Winters are cool, with December the coldest month, and summers are mild and warm in July.
Work. Residents work mainly in professional and business services, manufacturing, retail and other services. Many people work from home, and the typical commute is short. Among the largest workplaces in Durham are Applied Materials, a semiconductor machinery maker, and Andrews Cooper Technology, an engineering firm. The county has lost a few jobs over the past year, and unemployment there is lower than a year ago.
Things to do. Fanno Creek runs in or beside town, and the Tualatin River is a short drive away for time by the water. A short drive also brings you to the Oregon Zoo and the Portland Art Museum. The Portland Japanese Garden is another short drive, a quiet garden setting.
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- 897households
- 43%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 28%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 48° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 54°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Beaverton Ssw weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Durham
- Crate & Barrel Holdings, IncAll other home furnishings stores71
- State of Oregon/Department of Consumer & Business ServicesOccupational safety and health standards agencies65
- Andrews Cooper Technology, LLC PortlandEngineering services44
- Applied MaterialsSemiconductor machinery manufacturing42
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 222 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
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Durham’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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.
Durham home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Durham$798,601
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
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.
Zip codes with a Durham address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Durham — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.