Garden Home-Whitford is a census-designated place (CDP)]]

Garden Home post office was established in 1882. Garden Home was an established community when the Oregon Electric Railway was built at the beginning of the 20th century, which named a depot on the line for the community. Whitford was a station on the same line, located at the present-day intersection of Allen Road and Scholls Ferry Road (Oregon Route 210); the name was created by combining the names of W.A. White and A.C. Bedford, New York investors who were directors of the railway.

Whitford station closed when the railway stopped running circa 1920 and, unlike Garden Home, which became the name of a Portland suburb, Whitford exists today primarily as the name of a Beaverton middle school.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2020 Census

As of the 2020 census, there were 7,081 people and 3,419 households in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 80.8% White, 4.43% Asian, 1.31% African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.31% Pacific Islander, 2.37% from other races, and 10.2% from two or more races. Non-Hispanic white people made up 79.1% of the population.

There were 3,419 households, of which 17% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were married couples living together, 28.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25% were never married. 22.6% of people in the CDP were aged 65 years or older. The median age was 45.8.

The median household income in the CDP was $94,382, and the median income for a family was $138,894. The poverty rate for the CDP was 6%.

2000 Census

As of the census

References

  • Garden Home Recreation Center
  • Garden Home Community Library
  • Photos of Oregon Electric Railway, including a photo of the Garden Home depot
  • Garden Home History Project