Gresham is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 111,621 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Gresham is the fourth largest community in Oregon.Gresham is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gresham is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gresham who work in office and administrative support (11.47%), management occupations (9.06%), and sales jobs (8.78%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.19% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Gresham use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Gresham‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The population of Gresham overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Gresham, 23.25% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Gresham in 2022 was $33,931, which is middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,724 for a family of four. However, Gresham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gresham is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gresham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gresham residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Gresham also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gresham include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian. Gresham also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.65%. The most common language spoken in Gresham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
