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Population (year 2000): 90,205. Estimated
population in July 2005: 96,072 (+6.5% change)
Males: 44,593 (49.4%), Females: 45,612 (50.6%)
Multnomah County
Zip codes:
97030,
97080.
Median resident age: 32.5 years
Median household income: $43,442 (year 2000)
Median house value: $159,700 (year 2000)
Races in Gresham:
- White Non-Hispanic (78.9%)
- Hispanic (11.9%)
- Other race (7.0%)
- Two or more races (3.8%)
- American Indian (2.0%)
- Black (1.9%)
- Other Asian (0.9%)
- Filipino (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (20.3%), English (11.5%),
Irish (10.8%), United States (5.7%), Norwegian (4.7%), Italian
(4.0%).
Elevation: 323 feet
Land area: 22.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gresham
- High school or higher: 83.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gresham city
- Never married: 26.1%
- Now married: 54.3%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 5.6%
- Divorced: 11.8%
13.1% Foreign born (7.4% Latin America, 2.5%
Asia, 2.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +21,721
(+31.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Gresham:
- LEGACY MOUNT HOOD MEDICAL CENTER (24800 SE
STARK STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Gresham:
- ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; PORTLAND,
OR)
- KAISER SUNNYSIDE MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles;
CLACKAMAS, OR)
- WOODLAND PARK HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; PORTLAND, OR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gresham:
- PORTLAND INTL (about 12 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID: PDX)
- MC MINNVILLE MUNI (about 53 miles; MC MINNVILLE, OR;
ID: MMV)
- MCNARY FLD (about 57 miles; SALEM, OR; ID: SLE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gresham:
- PORTLAND-TROUTDALE (about 4 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID:
TTD)
- GROVE FIELD (about 9 miles; CAMAS, WA; ID: 1W1)
- EVERGREEN FIELD (about 10 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; ID:
59S)
Amtrak stations near Gresham:
- 15 miles: OREGON CITY (1757 WASHINGTON ST.)
- 17 miles: PORTLAND (800 NW 6TH AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
full-service food facilities, paid short-term parking,
paid long-term parking, call for car rental service,
taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit
connection.
- 20 miles: VANCOUVER (FOOT OF W. 11TH ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
College/University in Gresham:
- MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 4,867; Location: 26000 SE STARK ST; Public;
Website: www.mhcc.cc.or.us)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Gresham:
- PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; Portland,
OR; Full-time enrollment: 12,132)
- CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; OREGON
CITY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,446)
- CLARK COLLEGE (about 19 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; FT
enrollment: 5,106)
- LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (about 19 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,795)
- PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 22 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
- GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; NEWBERG, OR;
FT enrollment: 2,032)
Public high schools in Gresham:
- GRESHAM HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,868;
Location: 1200 N MAIN AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,842;
Location: 3505 SE 182ND AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SAM BARLOW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,808;
Location: 5105 SE 302ND AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SPRINGWATER TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 143;
Location: 1440 SE FLEMING AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ALPHA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 49; Location:
876 NE 8TH ST; Grades: 07 - 12)
- CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEARNING (Location: 1484
NW CIVIC DR; Grades: 11 - 12)
Private high school in Gresham:
- PACIFIC VIEW ALTERNATIVE SCHOO (Students: 25;
Location: 4101 NE DIVISION; Grades: 7 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Gresham:
- GORDON RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 846;
Location: 3625 E POWELL VALLEY RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CLEAR CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 729;
Location: 219 NE 219TH; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DEXTER MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 647;
Location: 1400 SE 5TH ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- NORTH GRESHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
509; Location: 1001 SE 217TH AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- WEST ORIENT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 503;
Location: 29805 SE ORIENT DR; Grades: 05 - 08)
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 498;
Location: 295 NE 24TH ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- BUTLER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
496; Location: 2789 SW BUTLER RD; Grades: KG - 06)
- EAST GRESHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
478; Location: 900 SE 5TH ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 477;
Location: 2505 NE 23RD ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- POWELL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
477; Location: 4825 E POWELL VALLEY RD; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Gresham:
- PORTLAND ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY (Students: 411;
Location: 3990 NW FIRST STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- EASTSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 220;
Location: 5001 WEST POWELL BOULEVARD; Grades: PK - 8)
- MOUNT HOOD CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL (Students:
186; Location: 2500 SE PALMBLAD RD; Grades: PK - KG)
- THE PHONICS PHACTORY (Students: 176;
Location: 3445 SE HILLYARD RD; Grades: PK - 8)
- AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOL (Students: 16;
Location: 4096 NE 3RD ST; Grades: KG - 8)
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