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Portland, OR

635,296 Population
133.5 square miles 4,759.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$51,761 ±$1,757 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $48,966 ±$800
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $42,474 ±$544
$81,119 ±$4,371 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $89,312 ±$1,494
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $75,657 ±$1,181

12.7% ±1.2% (79,125  ±7,270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.5% 236,006 (±0.5% / ±13,063)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 12.1% 503,935 (±0.4% / ±16,879)

23.7 minutes ±0.8 (6,018,090  ±273,956) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 24.8 24,783,270 (±0.4 / ±575,127)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 22.8 37,985,776 (±0.3 / ±703,971)

Families

284,533 ±4,220 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,011,708 ±5,125
  • Oregon: 1,726,340 ±6,662
2.2 ±0 (616,992  ±1,065) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.4 2,466,214 (±0 / ±2,061)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 † 4,143,098 (±321.8 / ±-555,555,600)

3.5% ±0.9% (6,239  ±1,586) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.3% † 26,766 (±0.5% / ±2,980)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,166 (±0.4% / ±3,533)

Housing

305,077 ±3,320 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,065,476 ±880
  • Oregon: 1,859,349 ±332

$562,500 ±$9,160 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $556,700 ±$6,036
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $475,600 ±$3,783

17.4% ±1.2% (109,427  ±7,471.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 14.5% 359,173 (±0.7% / ±16,163.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,477 (±0.5% / ±21,877.8)

Social

93.3% ±2% (447,160  ±10,668.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.7% 1,676,345 (±1.1% / ±20,622.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.6% 2,789,334 (±0.9% / ±26,298.6)
52.5% ±1.4% (251,438  ±7,232.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 41.7% 753,136 (±0.7% / ±12,870.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon: 36.3% 1,106,239 (±0.5% / ±15,811.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

12.2% ±0.9% (77,231  ±5,501) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.3% 308,213 (±0.4% / ±10,800)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 9.9% † 420,943 (±1,300.7% / ±10,840)

4.4% ±0.5% (23,073  ±2,582) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6.4% 127,733 (±0.3% / ±6,190)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 7.4% 251,629 (±0.2% / ±7,349)
23,073 Total veterans ±2,582 21,035 Male ±2,546 2,038 Female ±631

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