Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon

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Garden Home-Whitford is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of the neighborhoods of Garden Home and the smaller Whitford area in Washington County, Oregon, United States. They are located in the southwest hills of Portland, near Beaverton. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 6,931.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] History

According to Oregon Geographic Names, a Garden Home post office was established in 1882. Garden Home was an established community when the Oregon Electric Railway was built at the beginning of the 20th century, which named a depot on the line for the community. Whitford was a station on the same line, located at the present-day intersection of Allen and Scholls Ferry Roads; the name was created by combining the names of W. A. White and A.C. Bedford, New York investors who were directors of the railway.

Whitford station closed when the railway stopped running around 1920, and unlike Garden Home, which became the name of a Portland suburb, Whitford exists today primarily as the name of a Beaverton middle school.

In a plan agreed to by Washington County and Beaverton, Garden Home is scheduled for annexation by Beaverton by the year 2010. Now, the Garden Home area is one of the few places where the City of Portland lies outside of Multnomah County

[edit] Geography

Location of Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon

Garden Home-Whitford CDP is centered at 45°27′41″N, 122°45′50″W (45.461340, -122.763807)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²), none of which is covered with water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 6,931 people, 3,048 households, and 1,834 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,408.5/km² (3,656.9/mi²). There were 3,175 housing units at an average density of 645.2/km² (1,675.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.79% White, 3.17% Asian, 0.75% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 0.72% from other races, and 3.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.20% of the population.

There were 3,048 households out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.83.

The population in the CDP is spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $52,321, and the median income for a family was $60,703. Males had a median income of $45,220 versus $35,000 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,681. About 2.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.