Portland

Portland is a very large city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 653,115 people and 156 constituent neighborhoods, Portland is the largest community in Oregon.

Portland home prices are not only among the most expensive in Oregon but Portland real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Portland is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead of having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Portland is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Portland who work in management occupations (12.02%), office and administrative support (10.26%), and sales jobs (9.03%).

Of important note, Portland is also a city of artists. Portland has more artists, designers, and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Portland’s character.

Also of interest is that Portland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Portland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.15% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.