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Portland, OR

630,395 Population
133.5 square miles 4,722.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 40.7 ±0.2

Economics

$55,745 ±$1,849 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $50,644 ±$908
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $44,623 ±$658
$86,057 ±$4,357 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $94,925 ±$1,706
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $80,160 ±$1,045

13.4% ±1.3% (82,621  ±7,998) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.2% 227,516 (±0.5% / ±12,176)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 12.2% 506,544 (±0.4% / ±17,185)

24.2 minutes ±0.7 (6,524,585  ±254,168) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25.2 26,086,136 (±0.4 / ±536,383)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 23.2 39,403,136 (±0.3 / ±692,341)

Families

292,037 ±3,638 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,028,651 ±5,802
  • Oregon: 1,752,050 ±6,896
2.1 ±0 (611,604  ±1,263) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.4 2,465,347 (±0 / ±1,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 † 4,136,328 (±,317.1 / ±-555,555,600)

2.8% ±0.8% (5,132  ±1,347) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.3% † 26,696 (±0.6% / ±3,561)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 4.3% 42,612 (±0.4% / ±3,743)

Housing

308,338 ±3,334 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,077,557 ±672
  • Oregon: 1,879,510 ±136

$570,300 ±$13,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $560,900 ±$6,174
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $484,800 ±$3,384

18.9% ±1.5% (118,173  ±9,418.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 13.5% 336,343 (±0.7% / ±16,647.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 13.5% 566,329 (±0.5% / ±21,326.1)

Social

93.1% ±2.2% (446,262  ±10,965.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,680,852 (±1.2% / ±21,637.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 92% 2,805,975 (±0.9% / ±26,754.1)
55.3% ±1.6% (264,882  ±7,893.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 43.8% 794,284 (±0.7% / ±13,513.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 37.7% 1,148,638 (±0.5% / ±16,108.9)

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

12.5% ±1% (78,601  ±6,319) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.3% 309,270 (±0.4% / ±10,175)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oregon: 9.6% † 406,692 (±1,260.7% / ±10,651)

4.2% ±0.5% (22,057  ±2,446) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6% 119,534 (±0.3% / ±5,634)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 6.8% 232,653 (±0.2% / ±6,869)
22,057 Total veterans ±2,446 19,509 Male ±2,413 2,548 Female ±784

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