Education, Demographics: Salem, OR may close 8 schools
The reality of the collapsing TFR hits home.
Demographics: Who spends their money eating out?
Those with less income tend to eat out at restaurants more than those with more income. or money.
Demographics: Growth in multi-generational housing
Multigeneration housing was common 100 years ago, reached a minimum in 1970, and is now increasing again.
Demographics: Oregon has passed “peak kids”
The demographic collapse will have some real and hard impacts.
Demographics: Portland OR estimated pre-school enrollment collapses
Multnomah County's universal pre-school program had been forecasting over 11,000 kids - but has now cut that to 8,000.
Economy: Employment to Population Ratio
The economy through 2025 was near all time highs in terms of percent of the working age population having jobs:
Demographics: The continued collapse of families with kids
Big cities are losing youth population even faster than elsewhere.
Economy: US median home prices, 1963 to 2023
Reminder – you cannot compare home prices across the decades without taking in to consideration the differences in home sizes. The typical home today is twice the size of one…
Economy: US home foreclosures
Recent reports of an increase in U.S. home foreclosures are misleading as we come off near all time lows in foreclosures:
Demographics: California schools lose 75,000 students in one year
Another enrollment collapse.
Economy: Map showing high earners leaving some states
Due to taxation and local policies, people with the means are often moving to tax or business friendly states.
Media, Demographics: “Boomers were supposed to downsize”
Who says they "were supposed to downsize"? The media but It's bad data all the way down.
Demographics: In 1940, about half of US homes did not have “basic plumbing”
This meant they were missing at least one of clean water, hot water, flush toilet, bath or shower.
Demographics: Most of Gen Z is not in the career work force
Because most of them are still really, really young! Duh! Most, especially, the media, do not seem to understand this.
Economy: Baby Boom retirements are not the cause of immediate labor shortages
Because as of now, 90-95% of the Baby Boom has already passed away or retired. There are very few of them still in the labor force!