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Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

2,472,774 Population
6,687.5 square miles 369.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,138 ±$325 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $35,393 ±$226
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$77,511 ±$823 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $65,667 ±$390
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

10.1% ±0.3% (247,044  ±6,987) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 12.4% 506,558 (±0.3% / ±10,177)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

26.9 minutes ±0.2 (30,202,975  ±263,294) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 23.9 42,797,590 (±0.1 / ±287,467)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

957,977 ±2,159 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,642,579 ±3,451
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (2,433,735  ±1,264) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon: 2.5 4,087,588 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.8% ±0.3% (29,120  ±1,742) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 4.8% 46,382 (±0.2% / ±2,217)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,007,774 ±603 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,788,855 ±319
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$392,000 ±$1,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $336,700 ±$1,393
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

16% ±0.3% (391,859  ±7,375.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 16.6% 686,280 (±0.2% / ±10,014.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92.5% ±0.6% (1,615,141  ±9,686.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.1% 2,684,045 (±0.4% / ±12,501.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
40.4% ±0.4% (704,748  ±6,080.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 34.4% 1,013,044 (±0.2% / ±7,152.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

12.7% ±0.3% (314,491  ±6,162) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 409,867 (±0.2% / ±6,474)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.1% ±0.1% (138,279  ±2,240) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 8.3% 273,946 (±0.1% / ±3,618)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
138,279 Total veterans ±2,240 125,751 Male ±2,176 12,528 Female ±885

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