American Community Survey 2019–2023

Portland area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Old Town (44%). This table ranks 196 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

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#	Census tract area	Residents below the poverty level
1	Old Town	44%
2	Ladd's Addition (west-northwest)	39.2%
3	University District	39%
4	Gateway (southeast)	33.1%
5	Sunderland	32.5%
6	Portsmouth	31.3%
7	Cully (north-northeast)	30.3%
8	Corbett	29.7%
9	Goose Hollow	29.2%
10	Vernon	29%
11	Mill Park	28.7%
12	Downtown	28.3%
13	Lloyd District	27.1%
14	Hazelwood (west-northwest)	26.7%
15	Southwest Hills	26.3%
16	Linnton (northwest)	26.1%
17	Jade District (east)	26%
18	Glenfair (southwest)	25.5%
19	Rockwood	25.3%
20	Wilkes (east-northeast)	24.7%
21	Centennial (southeast)	24.4%
22	Wilkes (west-southwest)	24.3%
23	Buckman (west)	23.8%
24	Lair Hill	23.2%
25	Northeast	23.2%
26	Holly Brook	23%
27	Downtown Gresham	22.9%
28	Wood Village	22.8%
29	Lents (west)	22.5%
30	Central Eastside	21.3%
31	Powellhurst-Gilbert (southeast)	21.3%
32	Gilbert (south-southwest)	20.9%
33	Humboldt	20.4%
34	Powellhurst-Gilbert (northwest)	20.3%
35	Centennial (west)	20.1%
36	Pleasant Valley (north-northeast)	20.1%
37	Powellhurst	20.1%
38	Lents (north-northeast)	19.8%
39	Linnton (southeast)	19.7%
40	Twelvemile Corner	19.7%
41	Boise	19%
42	University Park	18.8%
43	Brentwood-Darlington (east)	18.6%
44	Glenfair (northeast)	18.6%
45	North Gresham (east-southeast)	18.5%
46	Kings Heights	17.8%
47	Piedmont	17.5%
48	Mount Hood	17.3%
49	Laurelhurst (west)	16.8%
50	Jade District (west)	16.7%
51	Parkrose (west)	16.7%
52	North Tabor	16.1%
53	Powellhurst-Gilbert (north-northeast)	16.1%
54	Montavilla (east-northeast)	15.9%
55	Centennial (north-northwest)	15.6%
56	Sellwood	15.6%
57	Central City	15.4%
58	Harborton	15%
59	Homestead	14.9%
60	Slabtown	14.9%
61	Belmont	14.7%
62	Kenton (north)	14.5%
63	Ladd's Addition (east-southeast)	14.5%
64	Multnomah Village	14.4%
65	Russellville (east-southeast)	13.7%
66	Marshall Park	13.6%
67	Cully (east-southeast)	13.4%
68	Hogan	13.2%
69	Albina	13%
70	Creston-Kenilworth	12.8%
71	Madison South	12.8%
72	Fairview city (north-northwest)	12.7%
73	Gilbert (north-northeast)	12.7%
74	Sullivan's Gulch	12.7%
75	Brentwood-Darlington (west)	12.5%
76	Errol Heights	12.4%
77	Powellhurst-Gilbert (south-southwest)	12.4%
78	Russell (southwest)	12.3%
79	Parkrose (east)	12.2%
80	Wilkes East	12.2%
81	Hosford-Abernethy	12.1%
82	Columbia	12%
83	Reed	12%
84	Mount Scott-Arleta	11.5%
85	North Gresham (west-northwest)	11.5%
86	North Central	11.4%
87	South Portland	11.4%
88	Pearl District	11.3%
89	Sabin	11.3%
90	Vermont Hills	11.2%
91	South Waterfront	11.1%
92	Woodstock (west-northwest)	11.1%
93	Eliot	11%
94	Hayden Island (north-northwest)	11%
95	Russell (northeast)	11%
96	Sumner	11%
97	Brooklyn	10.9%
98	Argay Terrace	10.7%
99	Lents (south)	10.6%
100	Montavilla (north-northwest)	10.5%
101	Overlook	10.5%
102	Beaver Creek	10.2%
103	Northwest District	10%
104	Cully (south-southwest)	9.9%
105	Healy Heights	9.9%
106	Kenton (south)	9.9%
107	Willamette Heights	9.8%
108	Cathedral Park	9.6%
109	Chinatown	9.5%
110	Mount Tabor (northwest)	9.5%
111	Faloma	9.4%
112	Alberta	9.3%
113	Westmoreland	9.3%
114	Centennial (northeast)	9.2%
115	Foster-Powell	9.2%
116	Hollywood	9%
117	Hayden Island (south-southeast)	8.9%
118	Historic Southeast	8.9%
119	Multnomah	8.8%
120	East Columbia	8.7%
121	West Portland Park	8.6%
122	King	8.4%
123	Markham	8.4%
124	Northwest Industrial	8.4%
125	Hawthorne	8.3%
126	Montavilla (south)	8.2%
127	Richmond (southeast)	8.2%
128	Mocks Bottom	8.1%
129	Hazelwood (east-southeast)	7.9%
130	Nob Hill	7.9%
131	John's Landing	7.8%
132	South Burlingame	7.7%
133	Grant Park	7.6%
134	Arleta	7.5%
135	Cully (west)	7.5%
136	Sellwood-Moreland	7.5%
137	Gresham Pleasant Valley	7.4%
138	Sylvan-Highlands	7.4%
139	Gateway (northwest)	7.3%
140	Barnes Heights	7.1%
141	Bridlemile	7.1%
142	Capitol Hill	7.1%
143	Burlingame	6.9%
144	Troutdale city	6.9%
145	Bridgeton	6.8%
146	Hillside	6.8%
147	Sunnyside	6.8%
148	Arbor Lodge	6.7%
149	Hayhurst	6.7%
150	Marquam Hill	6.7%
151	Sunrise	6.7%
152	Buckman (east)	6.6%
153	Mount Tabor (southeast)	6.6%
154	Richmond (northwest)	6.6%
155	Woodstock (east-southeast)	6.3%
156	Mississippi	6.2%
157	Woodlawn	6.2%
158	Parkrose Heights	6.1%
159	Fairview city (south-southeast)	6%
160	Kelly Creek (north)	6%
161	Arlington Heights	5.7%
162	Far Southwest	5.7%
163	Portland city	5.7%
164	Kelly Creek (south)	5.6%
165	Powell Valley	5.6%
166	Montavilla (west-northwest)	5.4%
167	Hollybrook	5.2%
168	Terwilliger	5.1%
169	Concordia	4.9%
170	Kerns	4.8%
171	Orient	4.8%
172	Beaumont-Wilshire (north)	4.7%
173	Saint Johns	4.7%
174	Alameda (north-northeast)	4.6%
175	Rose City Park	4.6%
176	Woodland Park	4.5%
177	Northwest	4.2%
178	Ashcreek	3.9%
179	Beaumont-Wilshire (south)	3.8%
180	Portland Heights	3.8%
181	Hillsdale	3.6%
182	Pleasant Valley (south-southwest)	3.4%
183	Eastmoreland	3.3%
184	Arnold Creek	3%
185	Collins View	3%
186	Laurelhurst (east)	2.9%
187	South Tabor	2.7%
188	Roseway	2.5%
189	Southwest	2.5%
190	Alameda (south-southwest)	2.3%
191	Gresham Butte	2.3%
192	Maplewood	2.3%
193	Forest Park	1.8%
194	Russellville (west-northwest)	1.8%
195	Irvington	1.7%
196	Northwest Heights	1.7%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.