Wilkes, Portland, Oregon

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Wilkes, Portland, Oregon
Neighborhood representation
Association Wilkes Community Group
Coalition East Portland Neighborhood Office
Neighborhood geography
Area 7.28 km² (PDF map)
Location Interactive map
Demographics (2000)
Population 7732 (density 1062/km²)
Households 3317 (94% occupied)
Owned 2539 (77%)
Rented 778 (23%)
Size 2.33 persons (average)

Wilkes is the northeasternmost neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, bordered on the north by the Columbia River and on the east by the city of Gresham. It adjoins the neighborhoods of Argay, Russell, and Hazelwood on the west, and Glenfair on the south. Interstate 84 runs through the middle of the neighborhood.

Wilkes Park was dedicated here August 3, 2004.

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Portland, Oregon neighborhoods

Neighborhoods: Alameda · Arbor Lodge · Ardenwald-Johnson Creek · Argay · Arlington Heights · Arnold Creek · Ashcreek · Beaumont-Wilshire · Boise · Brentwood-Darlington · Bridgeton · Bridlemile · Brooklyn · Buckman · Cathedral Park · Centennial · Center · Collins View · Concordia · Creston-Kenilworth · Crestwood · Cully · Downtown · East Columbia · Eastmoreland · Eliot · Far Southwest · Forest Park · Foster-Powell · Glenfair · Goose Hollow · Grant Park · Hayden Island · Hayhurst · Hazelwood · Healy Heights · Hillsdale · Hillside · Hollywood · Homestead · Hosford-Abernethy · Humboldt · Irvington · Kenton · Kerns · King · Laurelhurst · Lents · Linnton · Lloyd District · Madison South · Maplewood · Markham · Marshall Park · Mill Park · Montavilla · Mt. Scott-Arleta · Mt. Tabor · Multnomah · Northwest District · Northwest Heights · Northwest Industrial · Old Town Chinatown · Overlook · Parkrose · Parkrose Heights · Pearl District · Piedmont · Pleasant Valley · Portsmouth · Powellhurst-Gilbert · Reed · Richmond · Rose City Park · Roseway · Russell · Sabin · St. Johns · Sellwood-Moreland · South Burlingame · South Portland · South Tabor · Southwest Hills · Sullivan's Gulch · Sumner · Sunderland · Sunnyside · Sylvan-Highlands · University Park · Vernon · West Portland Park · Wilkes · Woodland Park · Woodlawn · Woodstock
Other areas: Alberta · Belmont · Burnside Triangle · Dignity Village · Hawthorne · Ladd's Addition · South Waterfront