North Plains, Oregon.
Typical home $557,816 (-2.7% in a year). Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,298 (+80%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $15,456 -3%
- $573,271$557,816 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $14,387 +3%
- $543,428$557,816 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.
- North Plains$2,928
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in North Plains, OR fell 2.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in North Plains, Washington County, Oregon
North Plains is a city of 3,441 people in Washington County. Half its households earn more than $117,639 a year and half less, against $107,772 across Washington County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% 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 people in Washington County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. North Plains is a small city in Washington County, Oregon, where most homes are lived in by their owners and incomes run a little above the county's. Residents tend to be young to middle-aged, a good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and very few people live below the poverty line. Winters are cool and damp, and summers are warm, with rain or melted snow falling through much of the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and shops close behind. Some of the largest workplaces in North Plains are Align Precision, a machine shop, and the warehousing firms DSV Contract Logistics and Schenker. Commutes are moderate, and a fair number of people work from home. Across Washington County, jobs slipped last year and unemployment is somewhat lower than it was a year ago.
Things to do. Hillsboro Stadium is a short drive away. Farther afield, the Portland Japanese Garden and the International Rose Test Garden are both a longer drive away, as is the Oregon Zoo. They suit a day out in Portland, and the Willamette River is also within a longer drive.
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- 1,287households
- 48%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 23%work from home
What people in Washington County 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 46° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 82° and lows near 52°. About 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Portland-hillsboro Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in North Plains
- Align PrecisionMachine shops84
- DSV Contract LogisticsGeneral warehousing and storage39
- SchenkerGeneral warehousing and storage39
- Highway Specialized TransportEquipment hauling32
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 194 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
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- 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 North Plains’ 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.
North Plains home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- North Plains$557,816
- 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 3 North Plains listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- North Plains37.35%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- North Plains33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- North Plains9
Zip codes with a North Plains address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls North Plains — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.