Portland vs Wood Village

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

Portland and Wood Village 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 4,611 in Wood Village). Portland has the higher median household income ($88,792 vs $72,404 in Wood Village). Portland has the higher median home value ($557,600 vs $281,900 in Wood Village).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Wood Village
Population	642,715	4,611
Median age	38.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,792	$72,404
Median home value	$557,600	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,596	$1,430
Housing units	304,113	1,505
Homeownership rate	52.8%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Wood Village
Population	645,291 → 642,715 (-0.4%)	4,057 → 4,611 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$71,005 → $88,792 (+25.1%)	$56,905 → $72,404 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$412,000 → $557,600 (+35.3%)	$122,600 → $281,900 (+129.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,248 → $1,596 (+27.9%)	$1,210 → $1,430 (+18.2%)

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

Wood Village

Population

4,0574,611

Median household income

$56,905$72,404

Median home value

$122,600$281,900

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portland	Wood Village
Under 5	4.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	19.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.4%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Wood Village
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	38.8%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	49.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Wood Village
No high school diploma	6.7%	30.7%
High school graduate	14.7%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Wood Village
Drove alone	50.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.9%
Public transit	7.3%	2.1%
Walked	4.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	3.7%	1.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	4.4%
Other means	1.5%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Wood Village
1-unit, detached	52.9%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	22.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Wood Village
Poverty rate	12.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.18	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1966	1977