2025 Compare Cities Religion:
Raleigh, NC vs Portland, OR

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- People living in Portland are 13.7% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCPortland, ORUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock29.6%49.4%
 Baptist14.1%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.7%0.6%
 Catholic4.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock3.8%2.1%
 Lutheran0.6%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock2.5%1.9%
 Methodist5.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.0%1.7%
 Other Christian10.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.1%0.7%
 Eastern0.5%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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