Gayest places in Oregon research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the cities in Oregon with the highest percent of same-sex households for 2026. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year vintage, which counts same-sex married spouses and same-sex unmarried partners at the city level.
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2.7% gay households · #1 gayest in Oregon
Located in
Washington County, OregonPortland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. The city covers 145 square miles and had an estimated population of 639,863 in 2016, making it the 26th most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest. Approximately 2,424,955 people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area, making it the 25th most populous MSA in the United States. Its Combined Statistical Area ranks 18th with a population of 3,160,488. Roughly 60% of Oregon’s population resides within the Portland metropolitan area.
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2.6% gay households · #2 gayest in Oregon
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2.3% gay households · #3 gayest in Oregon
2.2% gay households · #4 gayest in Oregon
2.1% gay households · #5 gayest in Oregon
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Polk County, OregonIndependence is a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States, on the west bank of the Willamette River along Oregon Route 51, and east of nearby Monmouth. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thirty square blocks of the oldest part of Independence form the National Register of Historic Places-listed Independence Historic District.
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2.0% gay households · #6 gayest in Oregon
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Lane County, OregonEugene is a city of the Pacific Northwest located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers, about 50 miles east of the Oregon Coast.
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2.0% gay households · #7 gayest in Oregon
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Washington County, OregonCornelius is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the city’s population was 11,869 at the 2010 census. The city lies along Tualatin Valley Highway between Forest Grove to the west and Hillsboro to the east. Cornelius was incorporated in 1893 and is named for founder Thomas R. Cornelius.
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1.7% gay households · #8 gayest in Oregon
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Jackson County, OregonAshland is a city in Jackson County, in the State of Oregon. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley. As of 2015, the city’s population was approaching 21,000.
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1.7% gay households · #9 gayest in Oregon
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1.6% gay households · #10 gayest in Oregon
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Multnomah County, OregonGresham is a city located in Multnomah County, Oregon, in the United States, immediately east of Portland. Though it began as a settlement in the mid-1800s, it was not officially incorporated as a city until 1905; it was named after Walter Quinton Gresham, the American Civil War general and United States Postmaster General.
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How we determined the gayest places in Oregon for 2026
In order to rank the gayest cities in Oregon, we used Saturday Night Science and the 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the U.S. Census. We looked at:
- Percentage of all households that are unmarried, same-sex partners
We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 1,000 households.
We ranked each place from 1 to 111 with the city containing the highest percentage of unmarried, same-sex partner households being the most gay.
In the end, Portland ended up being the most gay place with 2.7% gay households.
Skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from gayest to straightest.
We updated this report for 2026. This report is our eleventh time ranking the gayest places in Oregon.
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Gayest Places In Oregon
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| Rank | City | Households | LGBTQ Households | % Gay Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 289,705 | 7,770 | 2.7% |
| 2 | Hubbard | 1,114 | 29 | 2.6% |
| 3 | Waldport | 1,148 | 26 | 2.3% |
| 4 | La Pine | 1,070 | 24 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Independence | 3,151 | 66 | 2.1% |
| 6 | Eugene | 76,822 | 1,566 | 2.0% |
| 7 | Cornelius | 4,843 | 98 | 2.0% |
| 8 | Ashland | 10,536 | 180 | 1.7% |
| 9 | Veneta | 2,054 | 34 | 1.7% |
| 10 | Gresham | 41,801 | 683 | 1.6% |
| 11 | The Dalles | 6,525 | 105 | 1.6% |
| 12 | Eagle Point | 3,858 | 62 | 1.6% |
| 13 | Brookings | 2,987 | 47 | 1.6% |
| 14 | Fairview | 4,530 | 68 | 1.5% |
| 15 | Talent | 3,152 | 47 | 1.5% |
| 16 | Troutdale | 5,971 | 88 | 1.5% |
| 17 | Hillsboro | 42,145 | 608 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Creswell | 2,014 | 29 | 1.4% |
| 19 | Medford | 34,813 | 500 | 1.4% |
| 20 | Hood River | 3,569 | 51 | 1.4% |
| 21 | Beaverton | 41,156 | 581 | 1.4% |
| 22 | Coos Bay | 6,978 | 98 | 1.4% |
| 23 | Klamath Falls | 9,239 | 129 | 1.4% |
| 24 | Scappoose | 3,176 | 44 | 1.4% |
| 25 | Philomath | 2,509 | 34 | 1.4% |
| 26 | La Grande | 5,538 | 75 | 1.4% |
| 27 | Springfield | 25,210 | 337 | 1.3% |
| 28 | Junction City | 2,922 | 39 | 1.3% |
| 29 | West Linn | 9,844 | 130 | 1.3% |
| 30 | Umatilla | 2,201 | 29 | 1.3% |
| 31 | Redmond | 13,907 | 178 | 1.3% |
| 32 | Harrisburg | 1,277 | 16 | 1.3% |
| 33 | Bend | 44,436 | 548 | 1.2% |
| 34 | Tualatin | 10,837 | 130 | 1.2% |
| 35 | Florence | 4,614 | 53 | 1.1% |
| 36 | Wilsonville | 10,671 | 122 | 1.1% |
| 37 | Milwaukie | 9,433 | 107 | 1.1% |
| 38 | Lakeview | 1,454 | 16 | 1.1% |
| 39 | Corvallis | 23,980 | 260 | 1.1% |
| 40 | Tigard | 23,117 | 248 | 1.1% |
| 41 | Dallas | 6,768 | 71 | 1.0% |
| 42 | Silverton | 3,923 | 40 | 1.0% |
| 43 | Salem | 67,629 | 689 | 1.0% |
| 44 | Lebanon | 7,650 | 77 | 1.0% |
| 45 | Newberg | 9,747 | 88 | 0.9% |
| 46 | Lincoln City | 4,548 | 41 | 0.9% |
| 47 | Ontario | 4,575 | 41 | 0.9% |
| 48 | Woodburn | 9,640 | 85 | 0.9% |
| 49 | Sublimity | 1,289 | 11 | 0.9% |
| 50 | North Bend | 4,193 | 35 | 0.8% |
| 51 | Lake Oswego | 16,873 | 140 | 0.8% |
| 52 | Sweet Home | 4,262 | 35 | 0.8% |
| 53 | Canby | 7,012 | 56 | 0.8% |
| 54 | Keizer | 14,782 | 118 | 0.8% |
| 55 | Sherwood | 6,985 | 55 | 0.8% |
| 56 | Millersburg | 1,155 | 9 | 0.8% |
| 57 | Mount Angel | 1,156 | 9 | 0.8% |
| 58 | North Plains | 1,287 | 10 | 0.8% |
| 59 | Albany | 21,933 | 151 | 0.7% |
| 60 | Sutherlin | 4,244 | 29 | 0.7% |
| 61 | Forest Grove | 8,814 | 60 | 0.7% |
| 62 | Oregon City | 13,944 | 90 | 0.6% |
| 63 | Rogue River | 1,104 | 7 | 0.6% |
| 64 | McMinnville | 12,795 | 80 | 0.6% |
| 65 | Happy Valley | 9,002 | 56 | 0.6% |
| 66 | King City | 2,744 | 16 | 0.6% |
| 67 | Central Point | 7,758 | 45 | 0.6% |
| 68 | Milton-Freewater | 2,452 | 13 | 0.5% |
| 69 | Seaside | 3,638 | 19 | 0.5% |
| 70 | Grants Pass | 16,552 | 80 | 0.5% |
| 71 | Roseburg | 9,857 | 47 | 0.5% |
| 72 | Baker City | 4,468 | 21 | 0.5% |
| 73 | Sandy | 4,499 | 21 | 0.5% |
| 74 | Prineville | 4,791 | 22 | 0.5% |
| 75 | Pendleton | 6,257 | 28 | 0.4% |
| 76 | Monmouth | 3,621 | 16 | 0.4% |
| 77 | Toledo | 1,388 | 6 | 0.4% |
| 78 | Hermiston | 6,564 | 26 | 0.4% |
| 79 | Winston | 2,614 | 9 | 0.3% |
| 80 | Astoria | 4,463 | 14 | 0.3% |
| 81 | Cottage Grove | 4,225 | 11 | 0.3% |
| 82 | Shady Cove | 1,366 | 3 | 0.2% |
| 83 | Gladstone | 5,097 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 84 | Reedsport | 2,092 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 85 | Molalla | 3,642 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 86 | Lafayette | 1,450 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 87 | St. Helens | 5,403 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 88 | Coquille | 1,615 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 89 | Wood Village | 1,605 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 90 | Myrtle Point | 1,131 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 91 | Oakridge | 1,453 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 92 | Burns | 1,371 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 93 | Carlton | 1,043 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 94 | Gold Beach | 1,130 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 95 | Sisters | 1,402 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 96 | Newport | 4,997 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 97 | Tillamook | 2,054 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 98 | Warrenton | 2,699 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 99 | Madras | 2,583 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 100 | Stayton | 3,209 | 0 | 0.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. Places with over 1,000 households.
Summary
There You Have It – The Most LGBT Friendly Cities In Oregon For 2026
If you’re looking at the number of gay households in Oregon, this is an accurate list.
The gayest cities in Oregon are Portland, Hubbard, Waldport, La Pine, Independence, Eugene, Cornelius, Ashland, Veneta, and Gresham. Wondering how Portland stacks up against a bigger name? See Portland, OR vs. Denver, CO side by side.
