Market Leaders Profile: Portland

Population: 2,207,462 (14.5 percent increase since 2000)
Home prices
• Down 15.2 percent from 2008
• Down 20.4 percent from July 2007 local peak
• Up 15.8 percent over last 5 years
• Up 48.4 percent over last decade
Homeownership rate: 64.2 percent (No. 51 among major metros)
Median household income: $53,935
Local unemployment rate: 11.5 percent (up from 5.7 percent in 2008)
Sources: S&P/Case Shiller Home Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau 

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