City in Oregon
Portland, OR
Seat of Multnomah County, and largest city in state of Oregon, United States.
- Population
- 635,749 (2024)
- Density
- 4,763 / sq mi
- Land area
- 133.5 sq mi
- Water area
- 11.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 499 ft
- Coordinates
- 45.5370, -122.6500
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Trends
$1,248 / mo$1,596 / mo
$71,005$88,792
$412,000$557,600
13.7%12.8%
4.8%5.5%
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Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Portland ranks
- #7 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 90.3
- #9 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 68.7
- #9 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 81.2
- #11 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 78.3
- #18 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 72.3
- #21 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 80.6
- #29 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 59.0
- #47 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 53.0
- #63 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 34.7
Local facts
- Median household income
- $88,792
- Median rent
- $1,596 / mo
- Median home value
- $557,600
- Median age
- 38.6
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 53.5%
- Poverty rate
- 12.8%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 47.2%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 151
- Students enrolled
- 75,897
- Students per teacher
- 17.9 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 45.6%
- Charter schools
- 7.3%
- School districts serving the city
- 11
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Districts: Portland Sd 1J, Beaverton Sd 48J, David Douglas Sd 40, Reynolds Sd 7, Centennial Sd 28J
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 28.2%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 17.0%
- Adults with diabetes
- 9.0%
- Adults who smoke
- 11.5%
- Frequent mental distress
- 18.2%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 28.2%
- Adults without health insurance
- 7.0%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 70.5%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 89.5%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 15.8%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 16.8
- Median air quality index (county)
- 37
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 0
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 93.3%
- Households with no internet
- 4.3%
- Average commute
- 24.6 min
- Work from home
- 25.3%
- Commute by transit
- 7.3%
- Commute on foot
- 4.8%
- Commute by bike
- 3.7%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Multnomah County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 5 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Earthquake: relatively high
- Landslide: relatively moderate
- Heat wave: relatively high
- Riverine flooding: relatively high
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
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