Troutdale is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 13,650 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Troutdale is the 34th largest community in Oregon.

Troutdale is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Troutdale is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Troutdale who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.76%), sales jobs (11.65%), and management occupations (10.02%).

Also of interest is that Troutdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the nice things about Troutdale is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Troutdale is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Troutdale Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Troutdale is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 20.42% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Troutdale in 2000 was $21,778, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,112 for a family of four. However, Troutdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Troutdale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Troutdale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Troutdale is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Troutdale include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Italian, Swedish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Troutdale is English. Some people also speak Spanish.