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Salem Polarization Maps
Back by popular demand, and a request from our friends at The Statesman Journal (see the article for more info), below are job polarization maps of the Salem region. Just like the Portland Maps...
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Willamette Valley
This post continues with our quarterly rotating series on the regions within Oregon (see the tab at the top of the page). In the December forecast document, our office covered the Portland Metro and...
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Graph of the Week: Salem
The latest round of QCEW data was just released by the Employment Department and it confirms the recent good news in the Salem labor market (see the monthly reports by regional economist Pat O’Connor)....
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Inflation, 2013
The latest inflation data for Oregon is now available, covering the second half of 2013. One interesting item to note is that while U.S. inflation remains very low (and falling), the Portland-Salem...
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Update: Job Polarization in 2013
New occupational data for 2013 was just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall 2013 was not only stronger than previous years, since we already knew job growth accelerated, but the pattern...
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Price to Rent Ratio, an Update
With growing demand for housing and a limited supply, prices are rising considerably in the past two years for both owning and renting. Below is an update of our office’s standard price to rent ratio...
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Hours Worked in Oregon
While the state is getting there in terms of the total number of jobs, increased attention is being paid to the other measures of the labor market — e.g. see the spider chart. While jobs are very...
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Oregon Stay-At-Home Parents
Every family — traditional and non-traditional alike — faces the decision of how much time to take off following the birth of a child — based on work schedule, employer provided leave, family time,...
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County Employment in Oregon, July 2014
The Oregon Employment Department released new and revised county level employment data yesterday. While it brought good news to most counties — particularly in the form of revisions — it also...
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Housing Market Update
Just a quick, partial update on the ownership side of the housing market. Still planning on releasing a more thorough look in the next month, including the rental side as well. The number of homes sold...
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Graphs of the Week: Oregon MSA Employment
Below is one quick graph per MSA to help put the strong employment numbers from the past year in better context. Bend is Rising. Not only did Bend suffer a more severe recession than anything seen in...
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Job Growth Across Oregon
What follows is a mostly graphical update on the landscape of jobs across Oregon. As mentioned in the previous post on the state more broadly, Oregon is near full-throttle rates of growth. This...
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Housing Permit Update, Oregon Metros
Just a quick update on new construction and housing activity. While one hears and reads much about the current, so-called construction boom, it can be helpful to place the recent numbers in...
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Housing Affordability and Residual Income
Over at City Observatory, Daniel Hertz, has a really interesting three–part series on housing affordability . Essentially, what it boils down to is how we commonly talk about housing affordability is...
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Oregon Income Trends
This week Portland State University is holding two great meetings for its Census Data User group – one in Portland on Wednesday (live stream starts at 9:30 am, will be archived for later) and one in...
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Salem has GREAT Demographics
Legend has it that the answer to an old exam question asking why Salem grew slowly was that it was too close to Portland. There’s a kernel of truth to that answer. Being a mid-sized city that is close...
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Mid-Valley Economic and Housing Outlook, 2016
This morning I am giving a presentation to a group of realtors in Corvallis who cover the mid-valley region more broadly. Below are a complete set of slides and research I have put together on the...
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Willamette Valley Beer Production
It’s American Craft Beer week right now so I thought I’d show a few graphs of beer production in the Willamette Valley. The data comes from OLCC reports which show only beer produced and sold in...
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Oregon Metro Size and Employment, 2016
Yesterday we looked at job growth across the U.S. based on metro size, including rural areas. Today we’ll take a similar look at growth here in Oregon. Overall we know our economy is more volatile than...
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Job Polarization in Oregon, 2016 Update
Last week we took a look at the newly released occupational data and job polarization across the U.S. Today is a relatively quick graphical update for Oregon and some of our regions across the state....
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