Boring

About Boring

Boring is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located along Oregon Route 212 in the foothills of the Cascade mountain range, approximately twelve miles (19 km) southeast of downtown Portland and fourteen miles (23 km) northeast of Oregon City. Boring is named after William Harrison Boring, a Union soldier and pioneer whose family built a farm in the area in 1856, before Oregon had received statehood. Boring's scenic, rural farming environment combined with its proximity to Portland have been noted as attributions to its status as a commuter town or bedroom community, where residents commute to the nearby city for employment.

The community was officially platted in 1903 after the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company constructed an electric rail line, which operated from Portland to Cazadero. The former railway is now part of the Springwater Corridor, a rail trail which begins in Boring and ends at the Eastbank Esplanade along the Willamette River in southeast Portland. The Boring Lava Field, an extinct volcanic field zone that comprises terrain extending from Boring to downtown Portland, took its name from the community.

Boring was a hub of the timber industry in the Pacific Northwest prior to and during World War I due to the abundance of surrounding temperate coniferous and evergreen forests, as well as its proximity to the Port of Portland. In addition to logging, plant nurseries and agriculture have also historically been major economic forces in Boring.

Boring has often been included in lists of places with unusual names. In 2012, Boring was named a sister city of the village of Dull, Scotland, and later joined Bland, Australia, in the "Trinity of Tedium."

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Living in Boring

Median household income

$158,625

Median home value

$730,900

Median rent

$1,328/mo

Median age

43.9

Map of Boring

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Boring, OR population

Boring had 1,931 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Boring at a glance

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, ZCTA), USGS GNIS, Wikidata.

Towns near Boring

• Orient2.8 mi N
• Damascus3.4 mi W
• Sandy5.5 mi SE
• Gresham5.9 mi NW
• Happy Valley6.6 mi W
• Troutdale7.5 mi N
• Wood Village7.6 mi N
• Fairview8.6 mi N
• Estacada9.4 mi S
• Johnson City10.3 mi W
• Washougal, WA10.5 mi N
• Oatfield10.8 mi W

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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