AreaProfile

97030Gresham, Oregon

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 97030.

53
Area Score
Bottom 17% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3486th of 4,073 published ZIP areas36
Growth3553rd of 3,947 published ZIP areas25
Housing affordability4023rd of 4,553 published ZIP areas45
ClimateTop 25% of 4,621 published ZIP areas78
Physical resilienceTop 47% of 4,554 published ZIP areas61
Access2985th of 4,623 published ZIP areas90
Economic stability2545th of 4,591 published ZIP areas57
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 5.3% and the Opportunity signal places 97030 in the bottom 14%.

Residential permitting has slowed: 212 units authorized over the past twelve months, 38% below the prior year.

Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 29% of median household income.

At a glance

Population
37,708
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$69,239
Bottom 46% nationally
Density
5,033/sq mi
7.5 sq mi of land
Median age
35.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Gresham
Oregon
Metro area
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Nearest major airport
PDX
10 mi · Portland Intl
Median home value
$435,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.3% is lower than 20% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.0% over the past year, to 54,711 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$8,486$69,239Bottom 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,528$35,613Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate15.7%Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.4 minBottom 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher22.3%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment54,711Top 44%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.5%Bottom 27%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.0%Bottom 47%June 2026
Labor force57,791Top 43%June 2026
Labor force participation67.2%Top 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$78,430Top 15%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$60,690Top 15%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.0%Bottom 48%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.3%Top 20%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202469k55k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $69,239 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers34,840$35,620
Retail Salespersons28,230$37,340
Stockers and Order Fillers26,750$44,440
Registered Nurses24,220$130,310
Home Health and Personal Care Aides22,860$45,570
General and Operations Managers21,070$121,050

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Gresham, OR, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,667 takes 29% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 6.3 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
28.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
6.3×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,667
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$435,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income6.29Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate45.5%Bottom 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±71616,143Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$42$1,667Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$9,172$435,700Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income28.9%Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.5%Bottom 25%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
25/ 100
Ranks 3553 of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 1.9 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
212
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.9
Bottom 36% nationally
Year over year
−38%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
20.8%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Gresham, OR, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 82°F and January a low of 37°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 40.7 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station PORTLAND TROUTDALE AP, 3.1 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND6.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation40.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low37°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high82°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing28°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

61 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, heat wave and volcanic activity.

EarthquakeElevated
Heat waveModerate
Volcanic activityModerate
AvalancheModerate

Low or minimal exposure: landslide, inland flooding, ice storm, cold wave, winter weather, wildfire, strong wind, tornado, lightning, coastal flooding, drought, hail.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

1 major airport lies within 100 miles, the nearest 10 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Portland IntlPDX10 mi11,000 ft
Mahlon Sweet FldEUG103 mi8,009 ft
Seattle-Tacoma IntlSEA134 mi11,901 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

97030 vs Gresham

How this ZIP area compares with Gresham as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

97030
Gresham
Median household income
$69,239
vs
$77,795
Per capita income
$35,613
vs
$36,786
Population density
5,033/sq mi
vs
4,769/sq mi
Median home value
$435,700
vs
$458,700
Median gross rent
$1,667
vs
$1,586
Homeownership rate
45.5%
vs
55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
22.3%
vs
23.3%
Poverty rate
15.7%
vs
13.0%
Median age
35.8
vs
37.0

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.