Portland
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Outdoors in Portland
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About Portland
Most populous city in Oregon, U.S.Portland ( PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and fourth-most populous in the Pacific Northwest (after Seattle, Washington; Vancouver, Canada; and Surrey, Canada), with a population of 652,503 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolitan area, with over 2.54 million residents, is the 26th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. It is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous in the state. T…
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How Portland ranks
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Housing in Portland
The typical Portland home is worth about $527,000, about the same as a year ago, 6% above the Oregon typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Portland
Safety Grade D-
Portland reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 98% report less.
Schools in Portland
All Portland schools →School Grade B
The public schools Portland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of Oregon’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within OR. Ratings are from neighbors.
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