Portland Neighborhoods
Portland has 94 officially recognized neighborhoods. These are among the most distinct, most storied, and most worth understanding — each one a different version of what this city is.
Pearl District
From railyard to Portland's most transformed neighborhood.
Alberta Arts District
Last Thursday, murals, and a history that starts with Vanport.
Mississippi Ave / Boise
Indie shops, great food, and a main street that earned its reputation.
Hawthorne
Vintage shops, the Bagdad Theater, and the neighborhood that has always done things its own way.
Division / Richmond
One of the best food streets in the country. Seriously.
Nob Hill
Victorian streetcars, "Trendy-Third," and the city's most walkable upscale corridor.
Old Town / Chinatown
Portland's oldest neighborhood. Saturday Market, the Lan Su Garden, and the tunnels beneath.
Sellwood-Moreland
Antique row, an amusement park that opened in 1905, and the most small-town feel in the city.
St. Johns
A Gothic suspension bridge, Cathedral Park, and a neighborhood that was its own city.
Irvington
One of Portland's best-preserved historic districts, tree-lined and architecturally serious.
Eliot / Albina
The center of Black Portland. Disinvested, demolished, and slowly rebuilding on its own terms.
Ladd's Addition
A diagonal street grid, four rose gardens, and a layout that defied the surveyor.
Woodstock
Quiet, residential, and home to one of Portland's better neighborhood commercial strips.
Montavilla
Named for a place that never existed. One of Portland's most interesting emerging neighborhoods.
Overlook
A North Portland bluff with some of the best views of downtown and the bridges.
Kenton
A former company town with a giant Paul Bunyan statue and a DIY community spirit.
Goose Hollow
Providence Park, a governor's house, and one of Portland's oldest neighborhood names.
Concordia
Quiet streets, community gardens, and a stretch of Alberta that the tourists haven't fully discovered.
Buckman
One of Portland's oldest neighborhoods, home to OMSI and a dense creative community just east of the Willamette.
Sunnyside
The Belmont corridor, the Bagdad Theater, and a neighborhood that has been getting brunch right for decades.
Foster-Powell
FoPo went from overlooked to one of Portland's most talked-about neighborhoods in under a decade.
Hollywood
A 1926 movie palace, a major MAX hub, and a Sandy Boulevard strip that has held its character through a century of change.
Grant Park
Beverly Cleary grew up here. Ramona Quimby lived here. A quiet NE neighborhood with a surprisingly outsized literary legacy.
Beaumont-Wilshire
Beaumont Village on NE Fremont — one of Portland's most charming neighborhood commercial strips, on a ridge with views to match.
Multnomah Village
A former independent city tucked into SW Portland's hills, with a main street that still feels like 1928.
University Park
Home to the University of Portland on a bluff above the Willamette — views, quiet streets, and a campus-town feel.
Portsmouth
A working-class North Portland neighborhood with deep roots, genuine diversity, and Peninsula Park.
Cully
Oregon's most racially diverse neighborhood — immigrants, organizers, and urban farmers building something that lasts.
Portland has 94 officially recognized neighborhood associations. More neighborhoods coming to Good PDX.