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Cedar Hills
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Cedar Hills
Total population
8,388
Median home value
$611,400
Bachelor's+
Median income
$105,850
Founded
1946
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Cedar Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon, United States south of U.S. Route 26 and west of Oregon Route 217 and within the Portland metropolitan area. Construction began in 1946. As of the 2020 census, Cedar Hills had a population of 8,379.
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History
Plans to build the large new neighborhood were announced by the project's developers in April 1946, and construction of the first 50 homes had begun by then. Along with roads and utilities, the plans included a shopping center, schools, parks and churches, A writer for The Oregonian newspaper at the time called it "the most ambitious suburban housing development ever attempted in the Northwest". Construction of the planned shopping center began in 1954. Located immediately south of the Sunset Highway, at the northern end of the neighborhood, Cedar Hills Shopping Center opened in April 1955. It originally included a Safeway supermarket (opened in August 1954, months earlier than the remainder of the center), a Rodgers five-and-dime, a Sears catalog store, and several other shops, along with a bank and a gas station. The center's tall neon sign became a local landmark. In 1979, TriMet opened a bus transit center on Wilshire Street, behind the shopping center. Cedar Hills Transit Center remained in operation for almost 20 years, until replaced by the Sunset Transit Center – located immediately across the Sunset Highway (US 26) freeway from Cedar Hills Shopping Center – in 1998, with the opening of the Westside MAX line. The Sunset TC's construction included a long pedestrian bridge over the freeway, to provide access between the TriMet bus and MAX station and the Cedar Hills neighborhood. In 2009, the Oregon Department of Transportation opened a new Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV) office in the Cedar Hills Shopping Center, serving as the DMV's Beaverton office, replacing one located on Allen Blvd. in Beaverton proper. Plans to redevelop most of the shopping center site were approved in 2022, and work began in April 2026.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the neighborhood has a total area of , of which is land and 0.43% is water.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Cedar Hills, OR from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves112,134
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves105,737
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves85,876
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves83,923
- American RobinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves75,898
- Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves73,975
- House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves71,417
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves68,443
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Westview High SchoolHigh · Portland · 2,442 students · 22.6:1 ratio
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · Portland · 1,962 students · 23.1:1 ratio
- Tigard High SchoolHigh · Tigard · 1,799 students · 18.7:1 ratio
- Mountainside High SchoolHigh · Beaverton · 1,758 students · 22.5:1 ratio
- Aloha High SchoolHigh · Beaverton · 1,686 students · 17.7:1 ratio
- Century High SchoolHigh · Hillsboro · 1,551 students · 21.8:1 ratio
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · Hillsboro · 1,500 students · 21.4:1 ratio
- Southridge High SchoolHigh · Beaverton · 1,495 students · 18.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.75 — 2026-09-0520 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
- M 2.61 — 2026-07-3118 km NE of Amboy, Washington
- M 2.61 — 2026-07-103 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- M 3.18 — 2025-11-235 km SE of Amity, Oregon
- M 2.66 — 2024-08-3014 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
- M 2.99 — 2024-01-0533 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here





People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Oregon
- Marlene Village1.1 mi away
- West Slope1.7 mi away
- Beaverton1.9 mi away · pop. 97,494
- West Haven-Sylvan2.2 mi away
- Raleigh Hills2.8 mi away
- Bethany4.2 mi away · pop. 33,106
- Metzger4.4 mi away
- Rockcreek4.7 mi away
- Tigard5.7 mi away · pop. 56,011
- Hillsboro6.4 mi away · pop. 110,340
- Bull Mountain6.5 mi away · pop. 9,865
- King City7.1 mi away · pop. 5,073
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Cedar Hills



Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Austin Non-Stat, Clackamas, OregonWildfires · 2026-08-12 · 53 mi
- Wildfire AUSTIN, Clackamas, OregonWildfires · 2026-08-09 · 53 mi
- Wildfire 0658 ROUND BUTTE, Jefferson, OregonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 99 mi
- Wildfire Colwash, Yakima, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-22 · 134 mi
- Wildfire Ruggs, Morrow, OregonWildfires · 2026-08-31 · 152 mi
- Wildfire KING, Kittitas, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-19 · 155 mi
- Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-22 · 159 mi
- Wildfire SECOND STREET, Benton, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-09-25 · 169 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET