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Multnomah County, OR

795,897 Population
431 square miles 1,846.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,207 ±$1,468 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $45,821 ±$605
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$90,740 ±$2,195 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Oregon: $85,220 ±$1,399
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.9% ±1.2% (100,882  ±9,113) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.8% 493,796 (±0.5% / ±19,583)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.6 minutes ±0.5 (8,350,460  ±251,416) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 23.2 40,038,940 (±0.3 / ±616,729)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

353,080 ±3,290 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,744,270 ±7,249
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (774,115  ±424) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,166,848
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.2% ±0.7% (6,870  ±1,544) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 4.4% 43,778 (±0.4% / ±4,027)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

377,351 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,896,851 ±179
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$565,100 ±$10,858 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $497,500 ±$3,618
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.9% ±1.1% (117,248  ±9,004) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 13% 550,507 (±0.5% / ±19,917.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.2% ±2.1% (557,388  ±12,283.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 92.3% 2,847,453 (±0.9% / ±27,500.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
49.6% ±1.4% (296,464  ±8,054.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oregon: 37.8% 1,167,445 (±0.6% / ±17,005.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.5% (107,543  ±6,813) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 10% 429,125
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.4% (27,880  ±2,730) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 6.8% 233,276 (±0.2% / ±6,971)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
27,880 Total veterans ±2,730 24,707 Male ±2,577 3,173 Female ±844

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