Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

2,509,140 Population
6,687.5 square miles 375.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

39.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$48,966 ±$800 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $42,474 ±$544
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$89,312 ±$1,494 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $75,657 ±$1,181
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

9.5% ±0.5% (236,006  ±13,063) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 12.1% 503,935 (±0.4% / ±16,879)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.8 minutes ±0.4 (24,783,270  ±575,127) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 22.8 37,985,776 (±0.3 / ±703,971)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,011,708 ±5,125 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,726,340 ±6,662
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (2,466,214  ±2,061) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon: 2.4 † 4,143,098 (±321.8 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.3% ±0.5% (26,766  ±2,980) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,166 (±0.4% / ±3,533)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,065,476 ±880 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,859,349 ±332
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$556,700 ±$6,036 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $475,600 ±$3,783
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

14.5% ±0.7% (359,173  ±16,163.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,477 (±0.5% / ±21,877.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

92.7% ±1.1% (1,676,345  ±20,622.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.6% 2,789,334 (±0.9% / ±26,298.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
41.7% ±0.7% (753,136  ±12,870.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 36.3% 1,106,239 (±0.5% / ±15,811.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

18.1% ±0.6% (431,434  ±13,148.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 15.3% 618,834 (±0.4% / ±14,649.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

12.3% ±0.4% (308,213  ±10,800) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 9.9% † 420,943 (±1,300.7% / ±10,840)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.4% ±0.3% (127,733  ±6,190) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 7.4% 251,629 (±0.2% / ±7,349)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
127,733 Total veterans ±6,190 114,780 Male ±5,425 12,953 Female ±2,104

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.