Oregon’s big population shuffle (chart)

Chart: Oregon Office Economic Analysis By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation Chart shows where Oregonians are moving from and where they are moving into by various regions. Oregonians are leaving the high taxed areas of Portland and residing in Central/Eastern Oregon and even Washington State.

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Crime, riots close Portland Buffalo Wild Wings

  By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, As KPTV reports, the downtown Portland Buffalo Wild Wings locations is closing after 17 years due to crime, vandalism and loss of traffic due to the multi-year riots in Portland. The owner begged the landlord, City of Portland, for more security but declined. Interesting, since the City of…

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Divert migrant hotel $2M to rescue local hospitals

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A few weeks ago the 2024 Legislature passed a budget bill that dedicates $2 million of tax dollars to “newcomer” services.  In the past, this has meant spending $29 million for a welcome hotel near the Portland airport for illegal, unvetted migrants. Because this budget bill is now law,…

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Oregon #3 poorest state for real after-tax income

By Bob Clark, Economist Guest submission for Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation,   The above chart is of per person real after-tax income by selected state (after-tax income adjusted by the state’s relative cost of living). It is compiled from U.S Bureau of Economics, a department of the Federal government, data (released on December 14,…

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Downtown Portland Demand

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation There are three basic sources of demands for downtowns: downtown residents, commuters, and visitors from the suburbs or out-of-town. Commuter demand declined significantly in Portland (see Oregonians Working from Home). Many downtown Portland businesses relied on the lunch or after work crowds for a significant portion of their business.…

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Oregon among top interstate migration losers

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation According to a National Association of Realtors study using USPS change-of-address data, Oregon was one of the top states people moved out of.  Oregon’s net migration loss for 2022 was 17,331 people, or .4% of its population.  

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Oregon Population Growth Will Increase

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation Oregon population growth will rebound, then stabilize over the next few years, according to the Oregon Office of Economic analysis. The prediction is based on typical business cycle patterns, and the number of out of state licenses surrendered to the Oregon DMV. Surrendered licenses are the best leading indicator…

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Oregonians working from home

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation According to the U.S. Census’ 2021 American Community Survey, between 2019 and 2021 work from home workers increased from 6% of the labor force to 18%. In Oregon, it went from 7% in 2019 to 23% in 2021. Oregon ranks as the fifth highest work from home state. 2022…

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Economy running out of gas?

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation December spending on services was the worst in nearly a year, retail spending fell 3 of the last 4 months, rising mortgage interest rates drove existing home sales to their lowest level since 2014, and car sales were the worst in more than a decade. Government stimulus funds and…

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Oregonians struggling with household costs

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation According to the Oregon Office of Econoimic Analysis, 21 percent of Oregon renter households in the state were living in poverty, and 44 percent of rental households spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent. Fifty-four percent of renters do not have enough income left over after…

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