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Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

2,478,996 Population
6,686.8 square miles 370.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,987 ±$551 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $34,058 ±$416
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$75,599 ±$1,212 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $63,426 ±$1,056
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

9.8% ±0.5% (238,600  ±12,510) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 12.6% 516,570 (±0.5% / ±19,440)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

26.9 minutes ±0.4 (31,433,505  ±513,798) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 23.8 43,965,175 (±0.3 / ±657,456)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

954,947 ±4,625 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,639,970 ±6,988
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0 (2,440,846  ±3,238) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon: 2.5 4,102,360 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

4.6% ±0.5% (28,141  ±3,191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 4.7% 45,820 (±0.3% / ±3,106)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

1,008,538 ±1,348 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,788,743 ±218
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$397,500 ±$3,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $341,800 ±$2,876
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

16.9% ±0.7% (415,765  ±16,424.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 17.2% 714,103 (±0.5% / ±21,431.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

92.1% ±1% (1,612,720  ±18,254.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 90.5% 2,672,455 (±0.8% / ±24,952)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
40% ±0.6% (699,716  ±11,148.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 34% 1,002,543 (±0.5% / ±14,084.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

18.7% ±0.5% (437,728  ±12,671.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 15.9% 631,028 (±0.4% / ±14,121.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

13.1% ±0.4% (323,763  ±9,035) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 10.3% 432,410 (±0.3% / ±11,909)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

7.1% ±0.3% (137,568  ±4,945) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 8.4% 279,132 (±0.2% / ±7,064)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
137,568 Total veterans ±4,945 124,003 Male ±4,555 13,565 Female ±1,964

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