Housing in Lents at a glance
- Population
- 22,244
- Housing units
- about 8,077
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $457,000Portland: $581,500 (-21%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,600 a monthPortland: $1,655 (-4%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 52.7%Portland: 52%
- Homes built before 1980
- 54.8%
- Median year built
- 1976
Lents sits near the population centre of Portland, and most of its figures hover around the middle of the ten sectors. Owners estimate $457,000, 21% below Portland as a whole and sixth, while median rent is $1,600, fifth and 4% below the city level. Ownership is nearly even, with 52.7% of households, 0.7 points above the city share, with 3,975 owner households against 3,574 renter households. The stock is somewhat newer than average, with 54.8% older than 1980 and a typical date of 1976. Brentwood-Darlington has higher rents, $1,840, and a higher owner share. Montavilla is older, at 81.8% pre-1980, and Powellhurst-Gilbert estimates $419,000. It has 8,077 housing units among 19,503 residents. Its ranks all fall between fifth and eighth. Powellhurst-Gilbert, by comparison, has a median rent of $1,530, with owners at 49% of households.
Questions about Lents
What is the median home value in Lents, Portland?
$457,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $581,500 for Portland as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Lents?
$1,600 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,655 in Portland (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Lents own or rent?
Most own: 52.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 52% in Portland (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 4 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city. Boundaries used: City of Portland (PortlandMaps), Portland Neighborhoods (consulted 2026-11-02).
Lents is one of the 10 most populous neighborhoods (of 94 neighborhoods) of Portland: population 22,244 (Portland Neighborhoods: 2020 Census Profiles (Portland State University Population Research Center for the City of Portland Office of Community and Civic Life, Aug. 2022) - 2020 Census population by neighborhood).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Portland as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Lents
The closest sectors of Portland, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Portland
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Lents. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Lents? Ask for your spot.