Portland
Division / Hosford-Abernethy
One of the West Coast's best eating streets with Ladd's Addition behind it.
On the map
Boundary is approximate — refined per neighborhood over time.
Pacific Relocation's take
For clients who want the best food-per-block address on the eastside.
Division and the Hosford-Abernethy blocks behind it are where we place clients who treat a great restaurant street as a core amenity — this is one of the West Coast's densest runs of acclaimed kitchens, with the quiet diagonal streets and rose gardens of Ladd's Addition tucked right behind it. It draws our food-minded professionals, couples and creative-industry households, and it pairs walk-everywhere energy with genuinely calm residential pockets a block off the strip. Housing splits sharply: a wall of newer Division Street mid-rises with parking and laundry, versus craftsman house and plex rentals through Ladd's and toward the river. Schools rate middling, so most placements here skew to households without school-age kids, though Abernethy's garden-and-kitchen program is a draw for those who have them. The honest caveat is noise and parking — Division-facing units hear weekend restaurant crowds late, and street parking is permit-tight, so we steer clients to the interior blocks and treat a dedicated stall as a deal-maker.
Lifestyle figures
Best of Division / Hosford-Abernethy for you
Walkable / key streets
- high street
high street
SE Division Street restaurant row0.1 km4.5(1,162)·$$One of the West Coast's best-eating streets — a dense run of acclaimed restaurants, bars and shops.
Directions ↗Pinned on map - high street
high street
SE Clinton Street0.3 km4.3(198)·$The quieter parallel strip with a vintage theater and neighborhood cafes along the Clinton bike greenway.
Directions ↗Pinned on map - grocer
grocer
Providore Fine Foods / Division grocers0.6 km4.7(908)·$$The Division corridor's specialty grocers and markets that make daily errands walkable.
Directions ↗Pinned on map
Cafés
- cafe
cafe
Stumptown Coffee Roasters (Division)0.3 km4.5(782)·$The original 1999 location of Portland's defining roaster, still pulling shots on SE Division.
- ice cream
ice cream
Salt & Straw (Division)0.2 km4.7(3,938)·$$The scoop chain's busy Division shop — the post-dinner ritual for half the neighborhood.
- Broder Cafe0.3 km
Scandinavian breakfast cafe on Clinton beloved for Danish pancakes and baked eggs.
- Fifty Licks0.3 km
Small-batch ice cream maker that's a genuine Clinton-street local favorite.
Cultural / arts
- cinema
cinema
Clinton Street Theater0.3 km4.7(666)One of the oldest continuously operating cinemas in the US — repertory, indie and a long Rocky Horror tradition.
- restaurant
restaurant
Bollywood Theater0.2 km4.4(1,496)·$$Indian street food in a lively Division room — a neighborhood favorite for over a decade.
To buy (USD)
| Type | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BR | 280,000 | 340,000 | 435,000 |
| 2 BR | 365,000 | 445,000 | 570,000 |
| 3 BR | 505,000 | 615,000 | 785,000 |
Estimated from local rents — placeholder, pending verified sale data.
Rent ranges (USD)
| Type | Low | Median | High | Δ 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BR | 1,250 | 1,575 | 1,950 | ↑ 3.4% |
| 2 BR | 1,650 | 2,050 | 2,700 | ↑ 3.2% |
| 3 BR | 2,200 | 2,850 | 3,600 | ↑ 1.8% |
Source: Rentals.ca + Zumper Q1 2026, refreshed weekly via our rent worker.
Our advice
Before you sign a lease
- Division-facing units hear restaurant and bar crowds late on weekends — view on a Friday evening with the windows open
- Oregon's rent-increase cap excludes buildings under 15 years old, which covers most of the new Division mid-rise stock
- Street parking is permit-zoned and tight near the strip — confirm the unit qualifies for a permit and what guest parking looks like
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Last reviewed 2026-06-11.