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Economic Health

Is the Local Economy Healthy?

Economic Health: 37/100 (Concerning). unemployment rate 5.0% scores 10/100 (percentile 20 in Portland history, 0 vs peers); employment growth (yoy) -4.9% scores 8/100 (percentile 3 in Portland history, 14 vs peers); wage growth (yoy %) 2.7% scores 33/100 (percentile 23 in Portland history, 43 vs peers); labor force participation 67 scores 60/100 (percentile 77 in Portland history, 43 vs peers); business applications / 100k 1,869 scores 79/100 (percentile 100 in Portland history, 57 vs peers); home price-to-income 6 scores 26/100 (percentile 23 in Portland history, 29 vs peers); income per capita 77,843 scores 64/100 (percentile 100 in Portland history, 29 vs peers); population growth 0.6% scores 21/100 (percentile 29 in Portland history, 14 vs peers).

37% vs Portland history + peer metros

Data Source

BLS LAUS · BLS QCEW · Census BFS

Data Through

August 2026