Sunday, January 23, 2011

Wealth-Zip

Does your zip code rank in the top-5 wealthiest in the Portland metro area?


  1. Lake Oswego, 97034
  2. West Linn, 97068
  3. NW Portland suburbia, 97229
  4. Portland metro, 97221
  5. Happy Valley, 97086
Map these zip codes yourself, click here.

Not a big surprise that Lake Oswego is #1.  However, Happy Valley took me back a little.  With some of the highest foreclosures in the city, the citizens of Happy Valley are bringing down some of the most dough.  Hmm.

A list complied by ESRI 2010 Demographic Data and Tapestry Segmentation, and printed in January's Portland Business Journal, ranks the top 25.
The study measures and ranks household income, home value, population per capita income and lifestyle.
It breaks down the demographic into a several groups.
Boomburbs
     33.8 average age, large population growth, double incomes, double cars, vacation at Disneyworld
Metropolitans
    
37.7 average age, half singles and marrieds, often travel, and active in the outdoors.
Suburban Splendor     41.6 average age (this blogger denies being close to 40), well educated, love the home improvement, regulary hit the gym and travel for business.
Urban Chic 
     42.7 average age, well educated, married, large single family homes, travel extensively, play golf, track investments...  YES, if you are from Lake Oswego, this is talking about you.
Steve Roesch, pdxhomegroup

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