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 If
you asked a hundred or so Southwest Portland residents why they chose
to live on the "West Side" instead of the "East Side," most would give
you three reasons: schools, they like hilly terrain, and it all
seems "close in." You may also hear things like "safe neighborhoods"
and "parks."
The area of Southwest Portland is home
to many of the city's attractions such as the International Rose Test
Garden, Japanese Gardens, Hoyt Arboretum, Children's Museum, and Oregon
Zoo. And they are only minutes from downtown.
Where is Southwest Portland?
West Burnside Street is the boundary on
the north and the Willamette River is the east boundary. The south boundary
going from east to west is Lake Oswego and Tigard. The city of Beaverton
is the west boundary.
Southwest Portland Neighborhoods
Southwest
Neighborhoods (SWNI) is a nonprofit coalition that provides support
services in sixteen Southwest Portland, Oregon neighborhood associations
and three business associations. SWNI is governed by a board of directors
with representation from each neighborhood association and local business
association.
These are the sixteen neighborhoods:
Arnold Creek, Ashcreek, Bridlemile, Collins View, Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair
Hill, Crestwood, Far Southwest, Hayhurst, Hillsdale, Homestead, Maplewood,
Markham, Marshall Park, Multnomah, South Burlingame, and West Portland
Park. Click
here
to view a map of the neighborhoods.
The neighborhoods of Healy Heights, Southwest
Hills (Portland Heights and Council Crest) and Arlington Heights are
also in the Southwest sector of Portland. Healy Heights and Southwest
Hills are not members of a neighborhood coalition and Arlington Heights
belongs to the Neighbors West/Northwest coalition.
Arlington Heights and
Southwest Hills are profiled
as West Hills neighborhoods.
Deciphering the difference between official
neighborhood names as maintained by the Office of Neighborhood Involvement
(ONI) and what Portlanders call a neighborhood can be confusing.
For example, "Raleigh Hills" is referred to as the "Raleigh Hills neighborhood"
but it is not an official neighborhood. Rather it is an shopping
area (plus other commercial enterprises) along SW Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway (Route 10) and SW Scholls Ferry Road (Route 210). Two
other southwest areas that Portlanders seem to think are Portland neighborhoods
− Garden Home and West Slope
− are actually in Washington County.
Walking in Southwest Portland Neighborhoods
Walk Score ranks 2,508 neighborhoods in the largest 40 U.S. cities
to help you find a walkable place to live. The top 7 neighborhoods
in Portland are Walkers' Paradises. 45% of Portland residents have a
Walk Score of 70 or above. 83% have a Walk Score of at least 50—and
17% live in Car-Dependent neighborhoods. We have created a Walk
Score for each of the neighborhood profiles below. Please note that
we use an address in the center of each neighborhood to determine the
Walk Score. Scores will vary in a neighborhood depending upon
the address.
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Historic South Portland This 4.7-mile walk explores historic
South Portland, site of immigrant Jewish and Italian communities
in the early 1900s, and then loops back along the Willamette River
Greenway Trail and into the evolving South Waterfront District.
Along the way are parks, beautiful 19th century homes, quiet streets,
and vies of Ross Island.
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The
SW
Trails Group is a committee of Southwest Neighborhoods Inc that
uses volunteer efforts to make trail improvements, lead walks, work
with Safe Routes to School, plan and advocate for pedestrian and
bicycle safety and other improvements in SW Portland Their
walks are the second Saturday of each month, meet at 9 a.m. sharp
under the Hillsdale Oak, behind the Dance Studio at SW Sunset Blvd
and SW Capitol Highway near the concrete bleachers of the Wilson
football field.
Transit Score provides a 0-100 rating indicating how well an address is
served by public transportation. Ratings range from "Rider's
Paradises" to areas with limited or no nearby public transportation.
In 2009, the non-profit
Transportation for
America named the Portland-Vancouver area as the ninth-safest
metro area for pedestrians.
Portland Monthly Magazine Neighborhood Guide
 The
Portland
Monthly magazine features neighborhoods in their April issue every
year. It has a ton of information about neighborhoods and
communities to include their
pick of the "best" for the year.
To help those in the housing market, the magazine
combines data from Portland neighborhoods and suburban communities
online. Include in the document are housing prices, school
ratings, demographics, crime statistics, parks, commuting
information, and services. Click
here to view the report.
Search for Homes in Southwest
Portland
 To
search for homes in Southwest Portland, go to
Search Southwest Portland You can use over 100 search parameters
and then select a specific area off a community map by drawing a box
around that area. alternatively, you can just specify the criteria and
obtain all the current listings in southwest Portland.
Detailed Profiles of Southwest
Neighborhoods
Here are five neighborhoods
in Southwest Portland that have details profiles. The profiles
include housing costs, crime stats, history, etc.
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