Healy Heights, Portland, Oregon

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Healy Heights
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Healy Heights, Portland, Oregon
Location in Portland
Coordinates: 45°29′30″N122°41′56″W / 45.49178°N 122.69890°W / 45.49178; -122.69890 PDF map
Country United States
State Oregon
City Portland
Government
  AssociationHealy Heights Neighborhood Association
Area
  Total0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
Population
 (1996) [1] [2]
  Total133
  Density2,300/sq mi (890/km2)
Housing
[1]
  No. of households72
  Owner-occupied66 households (92%)
  Renting6 households (8%)

Healy Heights is a Portland, Oregon neighborhood in the West Hills of the city's Southwest section. Though recognized by the city as a neighborhood in its own right, it lies entirely within the boundaries of the city's Southwest Hills neighborhood.

A hillside home in Healy Heights HealyHeights01.jpg
A hillside home in Healy Heights

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References

  1. 1 2 Demographics (1996)
  2. http://duck.co.multnomah.or.us/pmpb/data.cfm?NBHDNUM=95 [ dead link ]