POWELLHURST-GILBERT · PORTLAND

Powellhurst-Gilbert

East Portland Coalition of Neighborhoods

39 spots to discover in this neighborhood 32,852 residents · 5.5 sq mi

“The Jade District — Portland's most diverse neighborhood, where SE Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America share a single zip code.”

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NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY

What Powellhurst-Gilbert Is Known For

“The Jade District — Portland's most diverse neighborhood, where SE Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America share a single zip code.”

“The Jade District — Portland's most diverse neighborhood, where SE Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America share a single zip code.”

— Powellhurst-Gilbert, Portland

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Powellhurst-Gilbert

Powellhurst-Gilbert is Portland's single most populous neighborhood, home to roughly 32,000 residents spread across a broad swath of SE/East Portland between 82nd and 122nd Avenues, and between Powell Blvd and Foster Road. Over the past two decades, the neighborhood has become internationally recognized as the Jade District — a concentration of Asian-American businesses, cultural organizations, and community institutions anchored by the Fubonn Shopping Center at 2850 SE 82nd Ave, which hosts Oregon's highest density of Asian-owned businesses under one roof.

The diversity of Powellhurst-Gilbert is staggering. Along 82nd Avenue and Division Street you'll find Vietnamese pho houses, Cambodian noodle shops, Chinese dim sum halls, and Korean BBQ restaurants alongside Russian and Ukrainian grocery stores like Roman Russian Market on SE Division and Middle Eastern markets like Mingala International Mart. Powell Butte Nature Park flanks the neighborhood's southern edge with 611 acres of trails and meadows. The Shun Fat (SF) Supermarket at 5253 SE 82nd Ave anchors the district's grocery needs. The Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Association (PGNA) is a volunteer organization celebrating this exceptional cultural diversity while advocating for infrastructure investment in one of Portland's most underserved outer communities.

Boundaries: SE 82nd Ave (west), SE 122nd Ave (east), SE Division St (north), SE Foster Rd / Powell Butte (south). Adjacent: Montavilla (north), Foster-Powell (southwest), Pleasant Valley (east), Centennial (east).

The Vibe

What Powellhurst-Gilbert Feels Like

Large, dense, deeply diverse neighborhood

Powellhurst-Gilbert is a large, busy, and deeply diverse neighborhood with a dense mix of housing and a strongly multicultural community. It has a practical, everyday character, shaped by its commercial corridors and the cultural variety of its residents.

Its size and density give it a varied feel, from quieter residential streets to the activity along Division, Powell, and Foster, with pockets of natural area along Johnson Creek.

History

How Powellhurst-Gilbert Came To Be

Powellhurst-Gilbert is one of the largest and most populous neighborhoods in East Portland, sprawling across a broad area south of Division Street and around the Powell and Foster corridors. Its name reflects the merging of two older communities, Powellhurst and Gilbert, that grew up separately in the area's rural and early suburban past.

For much of its history the area was farmland and unincorporated Multnomah County territory, well outside the city. It was annexed into Portland during the major east-side annexations of the 1980s and 1990s, and it grew rapidly thereafter, filling in with a dense mix of single-family homes, apartment complexes, and infill. Like much of east Portland, it developed before the city's investments in sidewalks, parks, and stormwater systems caught up.

Powellhurst-Gilbert is among Portland's most diverse and heavily populated neighborhoods, home to large immigrant, refugee, and working-class communities, with daily life oriented around the busy Division, Powell, and Foster corridors.

Character

What Defines Powellhurst-Gilbert

Cultural diversity

Powellhurst-Gilbert is one of Portland's most diverse neighborhoods, home to many immigrant, refugee, and working-class families.

Major corridors

Daily life is oriented around the busy Division, Powell, and Foster corridors that run through and around the area.

Johnson Creek green space

Pockets of natural area along Johnson Creek provide green space within the densely populated neighborhood.

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Landmarks

Notable Places in Powellhurst-Gilbert

Fubonn Shopping Center icon

Fubonn Shopping Center

2850 SE 82nd Ave, Portland OR 97266

Oregon's largest concentration of Asian businesses — anchor of the Portland Jade District.

Shun Fat (SF) Supermarket icon

Shun Fat (SF) Supermarket

5253 SE 82nd Ave, Portland OR 97266

Major Asian grocery serving the Jade District community on SE 82nd Ave.

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Roman Russian Market

10918 SE Division St, Portland OR

Top-rated Eastern European specialty grocery; a neighborhood institution for Portland's Slavic community.

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Mingala International Mart

2548 SE 122nd Ave, Portland OR 97236

Middle Eastern and international grocery serving diverse communities on the eastern edge of the Jade District.

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Powell Butte Nature Park

16160 SE Powell Blvd, Portland OR 97236

611-acre park with panoramic Cascade views on the neighborhood's southern boundary.

Getting Around

Powellhurst-Gilbert

Schools

  • David Douglas High School

    The David Douglas School District high school serving much of the Powellhurst-Gilbert area of outer Southeast Portland.

Outdoors

Parks & Greenspaces in Powellhurst-Gilbert

Ed Benedict Park

A neighborhood park along the Powell corridor with open space, a skate plaza, and community garden areas.

Real Estate

Homes & Architecture in Powellhurst-Gilbert

Housing is a dense mix of postwar single-family homes, large apartment complexes, and newer infill, generally affordable by Portland standards.

Mid-century ranch Apartment and multifamily Modern infill

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