Portland vs Troutdale

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

Portland and Troutdale 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 16,000 in Troutdale). Portland has the higher median household income ($88,792 vs $84,339 in Troutdale). Portland has the higher median home value ($557,600 vs $437,700 in Troutdale).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Troutdale
Population	642,715	16,000
Median age	38.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,792	$84,339
Median home value	$557,600	$437,700
Median gross rent	$1,596	$1,582
Housing units	304,113	5,963
Homeownership rate	52.8%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Troutdale
Population	645,291 → 642,715 (-0.4%)	16,466 → 16,000 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$71,005 → $88,792 (+25.1%)	$76,598 → $84,339 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$412,000 → $557,600 (+35.3%)	$309,600 → $437,700 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,248 → $1,596 (+27.9%)	$1,195 → $1,582 (+32.4%)

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

Troutdale

Population

16,46616,000

Median household income

$76,598$84,339

Median home value

$309,600$437,700

Median gross rent

$1,195$1,582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portland	Troutdale
Under 5	4.3%	9.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.9%
75 and over	5.4%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Troutdale
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	67.9%
Black or African American	5.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	8.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Troutdale
No high school diploma	6.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	14.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Troutdale
Drove alone	50.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.0%
Public transit	7.3%	1.5%
Walked	4.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	25.3%	13.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Troutdale
1-unit, detached	52.9%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	22.7%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Troutdale
Poverty rate	12.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1966	1991