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Oregon Income Trends
This week Portland State University is holding two great meetings for its Census Data User group – one in Portland on Wednesday (live stream starts at 9:30 am, will be archived for later) and one in...
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Housing Stock and the Missing Middle
One facet of the housing market and discussion that I find interesting is the comparison of the type of housing in each city (or neighborhood for that matter). Back in September Emily Badger in The...
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High-Tech: Software, Outposts and Critical Mass
Oregon’s high-technology sector is being disrupted. Industry growth in the past decade is entirely concentrated in software, while Oregon’s historical strength in hardware is no longer the driver of...
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Who Moves to Oregon? (Graph of the Week)
This edition of the Graph of the Week continues our focus on migration into Oregon. Migration is very important to the state and one of the two main reasons Oregon outperforms the typical state during...
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REPORT: STEM+ Trends in Oregon
Migration is fundamental to Oregon’s economy and is woven into the fabric of our state. Our office’s new report focuses on net migration among young college graduates and the types of degrees they...
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Young College Graduate Migration by State
Last week our office issued a new research report on migration into Oregon among young college graduates. These trends matters for a regional economy for at least two key reasons. First, most migrants...
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Tobacco Sales, 2015
Cigarettes sold in Oregon have been on a long-run decline since the early 1980s, if not longer, as the smoking rate and overall consumption and usage have plunged. Oregon’s trends have matched or...
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Border Effect, Weed Edition
The border effect, or the border tax effect, is a very real. Our office has previously written about it regarding sin/vice taxes, retail sales in the Gorge, and a broader look at Oregon-Washington...
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Gaming Update, 2015q4
Today completes our recent check-ins on vice revenues with a quick look at gaming here in Oregon and across the country. Previously we looked at cigarettes and tobacco, and recreational marijuana. Over...
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Suburbs Are People Too
There is no question that America’s largest metropolitan areas are outperforming the rest of the nation. Job growth over the past decade is significantly stronger than small and medium sized metros and...
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Oregon High-Tech (and Intel)
High-technology is an integral part of Oregon’s economy. It accounts for roughly 5% of statewide employment but a considerably higher share of overall wages. The sector’s average wage is more than...
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Portland Affordability in Comparison
This morning I am presenting some new research that compares the 100 largest MSAs in the country at the Multifamily NW Apartment Report release. The work covers how cities face tradeoffs between...
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Oregon Manufacturing in Perspective
Just a quick update on Oregon manufacturing and the recovery. A lot of pixels have been written about the so-called manufacturing renaissance and also the growth seen in the oil patch across the...
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Oregon and the Business Cycle
Raise your hand if you’ve heard that Oregon lags the business cycle? Or worse yet, that Oregon falls first and recovers last? Something along these lines really does seem to be the conventional wisdom....
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Map of the Week: Migration
People have been moving to Oregon in droves ever since Lewis and Clark. Migration is a key driver to our economic growth and the Northwest more broadly. That is one reason our office regularly studies...
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The Housing Trilemma
Every city wants to have a strong local economy, high quality of life and housing affordability for its residents. Unfortunately these three dimensions represent the Housing Trilemma. A city can...
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A Note About The Housing Trilemma
The response and feedback on the Housing Trilemma has been amazing this past week, if not a bit overwhelming at times. A big thank you to those of you sharing, asking questions and providing feedback...
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Oregon Income, A Discussion
A lot has been made of and discussed about the fact that Oregonians have lower incomes than the nation overall. However, I find myself reaching for various measures of income when the need arises, or...
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Prime Working Age Oregon Males
The Oregon economy is nearing full employment, a milestone not seen since 2000. According to our office’s Total Employment Gap, the one remaining part that is not fully healed is the participation gap....
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Prime Working Age Oregon Women
Following our look at labor force participation rates (LFPR) and employment opportunities for prime working age males in Oregon the other day, today we will focus on female participation. The patterns...
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