Housing in Northwest District at a glance
- Population
- 18,314
- Housing units
- about 12,358
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $895,000Portland: $581,500 (+54%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,620 a monthPortland: $1,655 (-2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 17.8%Portland: 52%
- Homes built before 1980
- 61.1%
- Median year built
- 1958
Northwest District has the highest owner-estimated value among the ten Portland sectors, $895,000, which is 54% above the city overall. Yet it is overwhelmingly a place of renters, with only 17.8% of households owning, ninth of ten, 34.2 points below Portland overall, as only 2,002 households own while 9,247 rent. Its 16,685 residents live west of the population centre, in 12,358 housing units. Median rent of $1,620 ranks fourth, 2% under the city level, and 61.1% of the housing stock pre-dates 1980, with a typical date of 1958. Portland Downtown, a neighbour, has owner estimates of $471,000, and Sellwood-Moreland has $660,000. Montavilla comes in at $459,000. The tally of housing units, 12,358, is well above the number of households that own, and more than the 9,282 units in Portland Downtown.
Questions about Northwest District
What is the median home value in Northwest District, Portland?
$895,000 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 Northwest District?
$1,620 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 Northwest District own or rent?
Most rent: 17.8% 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 6 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).
Northwest District is one of the 10 most populous neighborhoods (of 94 neighborhoods) of Portland: population 18,314 (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 Northwest District
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 Northwest District. 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 Northwest District? Ask for your spot.