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Gresham, OR

111,039 Population
23.3 square miles 4,763 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$24,596 ±$1,398 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $36,303 ±$477
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $31,950 ±$360
$51,130 ±$4,064 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $71,931 ±$955
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $60,212 ±$796

15.7% ±3.3% (17,247  ±3,671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 10.9% 263,666 (±0.6% / ±14,637)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 13.2% 537,974 (±0.5% / ±19,115)

32 minutes ±2 (1,576,165  ±141,451) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 27.7 31,872,365 (±0.3 / ±506,832)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oregon: 24.3 44,041,715 (±0.3 / ±617,315)

Families

40,669 ±2,170 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 935,722 ±5,148
  • Oregon: 1,603,635 ±8,695
2.7 ±0.1 (109,081  ±699) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.6 2,411,940 (±0 / ±2,879)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.5 4,053,223 (±0)

5.5% ±2.8% (1,528  ±778) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.6% † 27,797 (±0.5% / ±2,785)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 5% 48,087 (±0.4% / ±3,511)

Housing

43,333 ±2,432 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 992,546 ±1,281
  • Oregon: 1,768,582 ±504

$296,300 ±$10,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $376,000 ±$3,262
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $319,200 ±$3,313

11.8% ±2.4% (12,919  ±2,660.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 16.9% 410,816 (±0.7% / ±16,404.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 17% 696,264 (±0.6% / ±22,879.6)

Social

89.1% ±4.5% (66,421  ±4,257.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.7% 1,595,194 (±1.1% / ±19,429.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91% 2,638,814 (±0.8% / ±24,299.1)
22.6% ±2.4% (16,878  ±1,909.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 40.3% 693,069 (±0.7% / ±12,451.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 33.7% 978,417 (±0.5% / ±13,793.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

17.3% ±3% (19,151  ±3,328) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.5% 306,137 (±0.4% / ±10,417)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 9.9% 408,718 (±0.3% / ±12,712)

6.7% ±1.1% (5,695  ±938) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 7.4% 142,166 (±0.3% / ±4,912)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 8.5% 276,280 (±0.2% / ±7,287)
5,695 Total veterans ±938 5,422 Male ±905 273 Female ±232

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