Mount Tabor | |
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Neighborhood | |
![]() Downtown Portland, Oregon, seen from Mount Tabor Park. | |
![]() Location in Portland | |
Coordinates: 45°30′46″N 122°35′33″W / 45.5128968°N 122.5925937°WPDF map | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
City | Portland |
Government | |
• Association | Mount Tabor Neighborhood Association |
• Coalition | Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program |
Area | |
• Total | 1.60 sq mi (4.14 km2) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 10,751 |
• Density | 6,719/sq mi (2,594/km2) |
Housing | |
• No. of households | 4756 |
• Occupancy rate | 93.9% occupied |
• Owner-occupied | 2808 households (65%) |
• Renting | 1508 households (35%) |
• Avg. household size | 2.2 persons |
Race Distribution: White 81%, Asian 7.5%, Hispanic 6.2%, Black 2.8% |
Mount Tabor is a neighborhood in Southeast Portland that takes its name from the volcanic cinder cone and city park on the volcano that it surrounds, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The name refers to Mount Tabor, Israel. It was named by Plympton Kelly, son of Oregon City pioneer resident Clinton Kelly.[2]