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Goose Hollow

Official neighborhood association: Goose Hollow

Published fit 47 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the Portland table. Your current weights score this 47.

Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · PPB May 2025 – Apr 2026 · OSM Sep 2026. ACS and PPB retrieved 2026-09-23; OSM retrieved 2026-09-23. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.

Between Providence Park and the West Hills. A MAX line, smaller apartments, and the short OHSU commute in this set. It is not Nob Hill, and it is not the Pearl.

providence park

Best in Portland for familiesWalkable PortlandUnder $2,500 rent

Why this published score

Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.

Safety
32

40 violent · 553 property · 78.3 per 1k (May 2025 – Apr 2026)-18 vs city set

Schools
50

Limited school data0 vs city set

Walk
34

OSM: 10 groceries · 14 cafes · 77 transit · 14 parks+9 vs city set

Cost
100

$1,541 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget0 vs city set

Vibe
24

OSM: 14 cafes · 48 restaurants · 23 bars · 14 parks+2 vs city set

Commute to work

From Goose Hollow, a typical weekday is 10 min to Downtown, 8 min to OHSU, 14 min to Lloyd. Not live traffic.

OHSU is the fastest of these three job centers from here.

Downtown
10 min

Pioneer Courthouse Square · -6 min vs the city-set median

OHSU
8 min

Marquam Hill, South Waterfront · -9 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three

Lloyd
14 min

Rose Quarter, convention offices · +1 min vs the city-set median

Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.

Cost of living

The ACS median rent is $1,541 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.

That is 34% of median household income — over the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($55K) could “afford” about $1,378 a month at 30% of pay.

87% of households rent. Median home value is $434,391.

ACS median rent
$1,541
30% income budget
$1,378
Rent / income
34%
Median home
$434,391

Rent since 2014

ACS 5-year median gross rent for Portland city. Up 75% since 2014. Goose Hollow is 7% below the 2024 city median.

$950$1.9kGoose Hollow $1,541201420162018202020222024

Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.

HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.

Within a walk

Within a short walk of this official neighborhood association: 10 groceries, 14 cafes, 14 parks, and 77 transit stops.

Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 14 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (77 stops or stations).

14 cafes and 48 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Portland set.

OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 16 of the other 19 areas in this city.

Population
7,577
Median age
35.9
Median income
$55K
Renters
87%
Bachelor+
61%
Violent / 1k
5.3
Property / 1k
73.0

ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 census tracts · PPB May 2025 – Apr 2026 · OSM 2026-09-23

Crime is PPB Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.

On the ground

What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.

Between Providence Park and the West Hills. A MAX line, smaller apartments, and the short OHSU commute in this set. It is not Nob Hill, and it is not the Pearl.

Scores on this page stay inside Portland. Goose Hollow is the official association; other names are searches, not extra polygons. School ratings are thin in this snapshot. A neighbor on the schematic map is not a shared fence.

Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.

On Reddit

Public posts from r/Portland that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.

No r/Portland posts in this snapshot mentioned Goose Hollow.

Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.

Common questions

Straight answers from the numbers on this page.

Is Goose Hollow safe?

Goose Hollow shows more Part I than most of this Portland set (safety 32 vs city 50). PPB logged 5.3 violent and 73.0 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 78.3 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.

What is rent in Goose Hollow?

ACS median rent is $1,541 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 87% of households rent. Median home value is $434,391. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.

Is Goose Hollow walkable?

Walk is 34 here vs 25 for the Portland set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 10 groceries, 14 cafes, 77 transit stops, 14 parks. Not a Walk Score license.

Is Goose Hollow good for families?

There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is thin in this dataset. Median age is 35.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.

How long is the commute from Goose Hollow?

10 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.

How many people live in Goose Hollow?

About 7,577 people. Median income $55K. 61% have a bachelor's or higher.

What neighborhoods are next to Goose Hollow?

Downtown, Northwest, Hillsdale sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhood associations, start with Goose Hollow vs Downtown.

Next door

Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the Portland table. Distances here are not street geography.

Goose Hollow vs DowntownGoose Hollow vs NorthwestGoose Hollow vs Hillsdale

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Downtown

$1K ACS median rent

The official name is Portland Downtown. Pioneer Courthouse Square and the bus mall are the center; the Part I count includes visitors and the night. Walk is the point. A yard is not. Old Town is a different association and not this row.

Walk index
100
Safety index
16
Published fit
82
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Northwest

$2K ACS median rent

Nob Hill, NW 23rd, and the Alphabet District are searches inside the Northwest District. The grid is older than the Pearl, and the shops are why the property count is not quiet. Goose Hollow is the stadium side.

Walk index
44
Safety index
11
Published fit
51
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Multnomah

$2K ACS median rent

Multnomah Village is the search inside the Multnomah association. A main street, houses up the hill, and the lowest property rate in this set. Hillsdale is the next hill. Downtown is a drive.

Walk index
22
Safety index
100
Published fit
51
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Hillsdale

$2K ACS median rent

Southwest hills and a town center, with a shorter OHSU trip than most of this set outside Goose Hollow. Houses, not a strip. Do not confuse it with the Northwest District.

Walk index
24
Safety index
84
Published fit
49
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Pearl

$2K ACS median rent

Search Pearl or Pearl District. Warehouses turned condo stacks, with a grocery that arrived with the towers. The property rate is written by the shops as much as the residents. Northwest is the older grid next door.

Walk index
33
Safety index
21
Published fit
47
NightlifePlanned

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