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Portland, OR

636,958 Population
133.5 square miles 4,771.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 40.8 ±0.2

Economics

$57,668 ±$1,781 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $52,102 ±$799
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $45,821 ±$605
$91,478 ±$1,981 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $98,994 ±$1,710
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $85,220 ±$1,399

13% ±1.3% (80,747  ±8,349) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.6% 240,945 (±0.5% / ±13,575)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.8% 493,796 (±0.5% / ±19,583)

24.4 minutes ±0.5 (6,696,385  ±221,901) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25.4 26,717,216 (±0.3 / ±473,618)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 23.2 40,038,940 (±0.3 / ±616,729)

Families

294,419 ±3,813 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,026,663 ±5,444
  • Oregon: 1,744,270 ±7,249
2.1 ±0 (617,791  ±1,437) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.4 2,491,652 (±0 / ±1,731)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,166,848

2.7% ±0.8% (4,853  ±1,362) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.5% † 28,092 (±0.5% / ±3,024)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 4.4% 43,778 (±0.4% / ±4,027)

Housing

315,899 ±2,758 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,087,272 ±840
  • Oregon: 1,896,851 ±179

$588,200 ±$11,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $584,800 ±$5,498
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $497,500 ±$3,618

15.4% ±1.2% (97,252  ±7,777.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.9% 324,592 (±0.7% / ±16,324)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 13% 550,507 (±0.5% / ±19,917.1)

Social

94.1% ±2.2% (459,683  ±11,331.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 93.1% 1,717,452 (±1.2% / ±21,386.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 92.3% 2,847,453 (±0.9% / ±27,500.5)
54.5% ±1.5% (266,275  ±7,677.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 43.5% 802,334 (±0.8% / ±13,840.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 37.8% 1,167,445 (±0.6% / ±17,005.8)

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

12.9% ±1% (82,104  ±6,090) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 13.2% 333,542 (±0.5% / ±11,508)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oregon: 10% 429,125

3.8% ±0.4% (20,525  ±2,334) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 5.6% 114,418 (±0.2% / ±4,964)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 6.8% 233,276 (±0.2% / ±6,971)
20,525 Total veterans ±2,334 18,315 Male ±2,235 2,210 Female ±570

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