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Total population: 557,706 (Urban population: 555,841, Rural population: 1,865 (17 farm, 1,848 nonfarm))

Portland, Oregon Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 237,269 (223,752 occupied: 124,782 owner occupied, 98,970 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  44%
State:  36%

Housing density: 1766 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $314,095.


Median contract rent in 2007: $679 (lower quartile is $547, upper quartile is $877)


Housing units in Portland with a mortgage: 84,480 (11,049 second mortgage, 10,857 home equity loan, 436 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27,816





Portland,OR index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $295,600 (it was $154,700 in 2000)
Portland:  $295,600
Oregon:  $257,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $216,700 - $421,800

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $357,388
Here:  $357,388
State:  $345,355

Townhouses or other attached units: $324,967
Here:  $324,967
State:  $271,304

In 2-unit structures: $339,673
Here:  $339,673
State:  $280,195

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $455,322
Here:  $455,322
State:  $286,441

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $364,057
Here:  $364,057
State:  $281,504

Mobile homes: $48,792
Here:  $48,792
State:  $78,759

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $75,466
Here:  $75,466
State:  $46,959

Median year house/condo built: 1951

Median year apartment built: 1963

Household type by relationship

Households: 514,023
  • In family households: 374,611 (83,079 male householders, 36,733 female householders)
    88,576 spouses, 126,284 children (115,845 natural, 4,618 adopted, 5,821 stepchildren), 6,361 grandchildren, 6,220 brothers or sisters, 3,688 parents, 8,273 other relatives, 15,397 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 139,412 (50,073 male householders (35,194 living alone)), 54,102 female householders (42,087 living alone)), 35,237 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 15,002 (5,437 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 52,591 2-persons, 28,033 3-persons, 21,813 4-persons, 9,875 5-persons, 4,304 6-persons, 3,196 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 77,281 1-person, 21,669 2-persons, 3,552 3-persons, 1,152 4-persons, 353 5-persons, 120 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons.

68,425 married couples with children.
30,222 single-parent households (6,782 men, 23,440 women).

83.1% of residents of Portland speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
5.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 68,976 (13.0%)
(35.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.1
State:  6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.6
State:  4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portland, Oregon:
  • 1 room: 572
  • 2 rooms: 1,901
  • 3 rooms: 5,850
  • 4 rooms: 12,911
  • 5 rooms: 24,798
  • 6 rooms: 27,286
  • 7 rooms: 21,156
  • 8 rooms: 14,799
  • 9 or more rooms: 15,509



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portland, Oregon:
  • 1 room: 11,259
  • 2 rooms: 15,343
  • 3 rooms: 20,449
  • 4 rooms: 23,537
  • 5 rooms: 15,012
  • 6 rooms: 7,120
  • 7 rooms: 3,275
  • 8 rooms: 1,706
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,269



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 4,493
  • 1995 to 1998: 11,576
  • 1990 to 1994: 8,008
  • 1980 to 1989: 13,630
  • 1970 to 1979: 28,759
  • 1960 to 1969: 27,212
  • 1950 to 1959: 35,470
  • 1940 to 1949: 27,352
  • 1939 or earlier: 80,769


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Portland:
  • no bedroom: 856
  • 1 bedroom: 6,597
  • 2 bedrooms: 34,854
  • 3 bedrooms: 54,763
  • 4 bedrooms: 21,757
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 5,955



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portland:
  • no bedroom: 14,647
  • 1 bedroom: 33,131
  • 2 bedrooms: 34,744
  • 3 bedrooms: 12,846
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,715
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 887



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Portland in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 6,004
  • 1 vehicle: 42,026
  • 2 vehicles: 54,645
  • 3 vehicles: 16,747
  • 4 vehicles: 3,940
  • 5 or more vehicles: 1,420



Cars and other vehicles available in Portland in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 25,369
  • 1 vehicle: 46,992
  • 2 vehicles: 20,798
  • 3 vehicles: 4,099
  • 4 vehicles: 1,212
  • 5 or more vehicles: 500


Portland, OR house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Portland, OR:

  • Less than $10,000: 432
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 216
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 221
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 244
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 239
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 226
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 191
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 249
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 233
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 249
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 244
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 272
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 313
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 1194
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 2039
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 4584
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 8976
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 23351
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 26871
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 32379
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 13957
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 13060
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 3874
  • $1,000,000 or more: 3092
 


Portland rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Portland:

  • Less than $100: 1,271 people
  • $100 to $149: 1,634
  • $150 to $199: 1,980
  • $200 to $249: 1,373
  • $250 to $299: 1,395
  • $300 to $349: 1,519
  • $350 to $399: 2,294
  • $400 to $449: 2,848
  • $450 to $499: 4,118
  • $500 to $549: 6,519
  • $550 to $599: 9,120
  • $600 to $649: 9,582
  • $650 to $699: 9,772
  • $700 to $749: 8,301
  • $750 to $799: 6,499
  • $800 to $899: 9,434
  • $900 to $999: 6,857
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 8,662
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 2,979
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 1,832
  • $2,000 or more: 763
  • No cash rent: 2,487
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 21,663
  • 1990 to 1994: 15,961
  • 1985 to 1989: 9,656
  • 1980 to 1984: 6,964
  • 1975 to 1979: 4,922
  • 1970 to 1974: 2,080
  • 1970 to 1974: 1,788
  • 1965 to 1969: 5,942

Portland, OR Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 77.6%
Number of people working at home: 11,780 (4.3% of all workers)


Portland travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 6136
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 21707
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 38364
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 50423
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 50112
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 17722
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 36736
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 5128
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 7901
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 12603
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 8131
  • 90 or more minutes: 4253
 


Portland mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 172,491 (64%)
  • Carpooled: 32,197 (12%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 30,492 (11%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 1,195 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 1,039 (0%)
  • Railroad: 446 (0%)
  • Taxi: 238 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 480 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 4,775 (2%)
  • Walked: 14,192 (5%)
  • Other means: 1,671 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 11,780 (4%)
 


Portland, OR household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 22245
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 14023
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 14239
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 15584
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 15257
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 15929
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 14272
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 13166
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 11200
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 21239
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 23277
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 20667
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 9909
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 4826
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 3761
  • $200,000 or more: 4393
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 116409
 German: 67317
 Irish: 38906
 English: 38782
 United States or American: 20367
 Norwegian: 17690
 Italian: 15760
 Swedish: 10936
 European: 10805
 Scottish: 10248
 French (except Basque): 9971
 Russian: 7754
 Scotch-Irish: 7673
 Polish: 6295
 Dutch: 5938
 Ukrainian: 5228
 Subsaharan African:: 4035
 Danish: 3661
 Romanian: 3359
 Welsh: 3203
 French Canadian: 3133
 British: 3092
 Finnish: 2769
 Swiss: 2416
 African: 1962
 Greek: 1954
 Arab:: 1758
 Scandinavian: 1726
 Czech: 1570
 Canadian: 1570
 Northern European: 1389
 Hungarian: 1341
 Portuguese: 1183
 Austrian: 1173
 Yugoslavian: 1077
 Croatian: 883
 Ethiopian: 819
 Eastern European: 812
 Czechoslovakian: 801
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 662
 Lebanese: 651
 Lithuanian: 641
 Iranian: 545
 Somalian: 390
 Celtic: 385
 Belgian: 382
 Arab/Arabic: 353
 Armenian: 329
 Latvian: 313
 Nigerian: 303
 Australian: 291
 Slovak: 274
 Syrian: 257
 Basque: 241
 Other Subsaharan African: 239
 Jamaican: 230
 Pennsylvania German: 211
 Brazilian: 204
 Haitian: 195
 Icelander: 169
 Albanian: 165
 Slavic: 162
 German Russian: 156
 Slovene: 146
 Other Arab: 136
 Palestinian: 127
 Estonian: 123
 Luxemburger: 121
 Egyptian: 120
 Turkish: 111
 Serbian: 108
 West Indian: 105
 Israeli: 95
 Kenyan: 82
 Afghan: 78
 South African: 76
 Iraqi: 72
 Bulgarian: 72
 Sierra Leonean: 69
 Macedonian: 64
 Alsatian: 58
 Acadian/Cajun: 46
 New Zealander: 37
 Liberian: 31
 Moroccan: 29
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 29
 Ghanian: 25
 British West Indian: 23
 Sudanese: 22
 Belizean: 22
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 22
 Jordanian: 13
 Senegalese: 12
 Dutch West Indian: 12
 Other West Indian: 12
 Barbadian: 7
 Maltese: 7
 Cypriot: 6
 Zairian: 5
 Bahamian: 5
 Carpatho Rusyn: 4


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Mexico (19%)
  • Vietnam (14%)
  • Ukraine (6%)
  • Canada (5%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
  • Russia (4%)
  • Laos (3%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 232518
  • Northeast: 24675
  • Midwest: 56697
  • South: 32990
  • West: 107391

47% of Portland residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Oregon.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 2,235
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 764
  • 5th and 6th grade: 2,198
  • 7th and 8th grade: 3,893
  • 9th grade: 2,498
  • 10th grade: 4,076
  • 11th grade: 3,615
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 6,204
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 39,044
  • Less than 1 year of college: 11,846
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 31,893
  • Associate degree: 10,692
  • Bachelor's degree: 37,821
  • Master's degree: 12,006
  • Professional school degree: 6,233
  • Doctorate degree: 2,625


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 2,456
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 873
  • 5th and 6th grade: 2,027
  • 7th and 8th grade: 4,298
  • 9th grade: 2,767
  • 10th grade: 4,082
  • 11th grade: 4,139
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 6,001
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 41,903
  • Less than 1 year of college: 15,721
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 31,365
  • Associate degree: 10,563
  • Bachelor's degree: 39,500
  • Master's degree: 14,688
  • Professional school degree: 3,906
  • Doctorate degree: 1,919


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.9%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.5%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 15.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.6%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 6.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.2%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.0%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 8.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 10.0%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.0%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $50,344
  • Black householders: $26,641
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $41,485
  • Asian householders: $49,145
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $61,191
  • Some other race householders: $39,143
  • Two or more races householders: $37,321
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $39,228

Portland household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Portland household income for Black householders

Portland household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Portland household income for Asian householders

Portland household income for Some other race householders

Portland household income for Two or more races householders

Portland household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Portland marital status for males

Portland marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $301,332
  • Black or African American householders: $267,511
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $265,218
  • Asian householders: $276,300
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $302,287
  • Some other race householders: $253,944
  • Two or more races householders: $272,097
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $259,868

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 143,174
  • One, attached: 6,306
  • Two: 10,108
  • 3 or 4: 12,039
  • 5 to 9: 11,764
  • 10 to 19: 13,994
  • 20 to 49: 15,275
  • 50 or more: 20,845
  • Mobile homes: 3,262
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 502

Median worth of mobile homes: $19,500


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Portland:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (58%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
  • Electricity (15%)
  • Wood (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Electricity (58%)
  • Utility gas (30%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5,849
Here:  11.9%
Oregon:  9.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,630
Here:  10.8%
Oregon:  7.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9,406
Here:  29.3%
Oregon:  16.1%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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