2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Santaquin, UT vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Household income in Portland, is 4% less than it is in Santaquin and is 12% above the National Average.
- Santaquin unemployment rate is 2.5%.
- Portland unemployment rate is 6.9%.
 Santaquin, UTPortland, ORUnited States
 Unemployment Rate2.5%6.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.6%0.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth51.7%42.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.8%0.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%9.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$24,215$47,289$37,638
 Household Income$82,057$78,476$69,021
 Family Median Income$86,763$103,838$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Santaquin, UTPortland, ORUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K1.7%9.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.4%3.1%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.4%6.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.2%6.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.6%6.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.7%6.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.6%9.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K21.8%12.6%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K26.7%17.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.8%9.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.1%12.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Santaquin, UTPortland, ORUnited States
 Management, business, finance13.8%20.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science5.3%9.4%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%2.5%1.8%
 Legal0.2%2.1%1.2%
 Education, library7.1%6.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.3%4.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.0%6.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.6%3.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.8%1.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving1.6%6.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.7%2.3%3.6%
 Personal care3.0%2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.1%17.9%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry2.1%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.3%4.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving16.9%9.7%13.1%
Reviews for Santaquin    2 Reviews

As part of the Nebo Comfort Systems Community of Caring program, our employees go in to CS Lewis Academy in Santaquin each month to read with the kindergarten classes.  More

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Over 12 years ago

It is a small town close to work and  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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