Fairview vs Portland

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Portland: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairview and Portland are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portland has the higher population (642,715 vs 10,627 in Fairview). Portland has the higher median household income ($88,792 vs $71,024 in Fairview). Portland has the higher median home value ($557,600 vs $410,400 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Portland
Population	10,627	642,715
Median age	35.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,024	$88,792
Median home value	$410,400	$557,600
Median gross rent	$1,530	$1,596
Housing units	4,726	304,113
Homeownership rate	45.8%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Portland
Population	9,363 → 10,627 (+13.5%)	645,291 → 642,715 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$68,259 → $71,024 (+4.1%)	$71,005 → $88,792 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $410,400 (+39.2%)	$412,000 → $557,600 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,530 (+24.2%)	$1,248 → $1,596 (+27.9%)

Fairview

Population

9,36310,627

Median household income

$68,259$71,024

Median home value

$294,800$410,400

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,530

Portland

Population

645,291642,715

Median household income

$71,005$88,792

Median home value

$412,000$557,600

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Portland
Under 5	4.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	22.9%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	18.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.8%
75 and over	5.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	67.0%
Black or African American	12.9%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.5%	0.5%
Some other race	1.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Portland
No high school diploma	15.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	23.3%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Portland
Drove alone	65.5%	50.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.0%
Public transit	1.5%	7.3%
Walked	4.6%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	14.5%	25.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Portland
1-unit, detached	38.6%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	27.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	14.9%	22.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Portland
Poverty rate	14.4%	12.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1995	1966