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Portland, OR · the CityFunIndex

Culture in Portland

Portland ranks T#47 of 134 US cities for culture, with a Culture score of 65 — Fun. That puts it in the 66th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Oregon.

Culture score
65
Fun
National rank
T#47 of 134
In Oregon
#1 of 2
Percentile
66th

The typical city scores 50 for culture; Portland sits 15 points above the median.

How culture is measured

Museums, theatres, galleries and arts institutions.

Data sources: OpenStreetMap museums, galleries and theatres plus geo-tagged Wikipedia landmarks, with Google Places ratings adjusting for venue quality.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Portland

  1. #45 Kansas City, MO 67
  2. #46 North Las Vegas, NV 66
  3. T#47 Portland, OR — this page 65
  4. #49 Seattle, WA 64
  5. #50 Omaha, NE 63

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Top US cities for culture

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 93
  2. T#2 Gatlinburg, TN 92
  3. T#2 Park City, UT 92
  4. T#2 Telluride, CO 92
  5. T#5 Aspen, CO 91

More about Portland

Portland scores 81 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: