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Oregon Opportunity Zones

Demographics for ’s Opportunity Zones Major urban areas with largest number of zones Oregon Oregon Portland, OR Opportunity Zones Minority 24% 30% Population 11 Tracts

Poverty 13% 19% Rate

Average $76,946 $63,300 MFI*

Bachelor’s 34% 26% Degree+ Gresham Adults Not 21% 24% Working

Housing 5% 7% Vacancy 86 Opportunity Zones 5 Tracts Rent 50% 53% 413k Zone Residents Burdened 521k Zone Jobs Congressional districts with largest number of zones

40k Zone Businesses Salem Representative District Party Zones

Cliff Bentz OR-02 R 27

Non-Metro OR-03 D 16 4 Tracts 31% OR-05 D 15 Metro OR-01 D 14 69% To learn more vist https://eig.org/opportunityzones 69+31+B Contact: [email protected] U.S. Opportunity Zones

Over 8,700 35 million 1.6 million 24 million Zones residents businesses* jobs* Data Notes

Minority Population reflects the share of the population that does not identify as white, non- Hispanic.

Bachelor’s Degree + reflects the share of the population age 25 and older who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Adults Not Working reflects the share of the population age 25 to 64 not working (i.e. either unemployed or not in the labor force).

Housing Vacancy reflects the share of housing units that are vacant, adjusted for recreational, seasonal, or occasional use vacancies.

Rent Burdened reflects the share of renter- occupied households that spend 30%+ of their household income on housing

Businesses and jobs data sourced from ESRI, 2017 data. All other data sourced from the American Community Survey, 2015-2019 data.

Average Minority Bachelor’s Adults Not Housing Poverty Rate Median Family Rent Burdened Population Degree+ Working Vacancy Income

United States* 39% 15% $70,900 31% 27% 8% 51%

Average U.S. 56% 29% $44,700 18% 36% 13% 55% Opportunity Zones*

*Figure does not include Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories To learn more vist https://eig.org/opportunityzones | Contact: [email protected]