Long Beach, CA vs Portland, OR
Side-by-side fiscal comparison · U.S. Census Bureau data (2023)
Long Beach, CA spends 45% more per resident than Portland, OR: $34,250 against $23,675. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.
Long Beach, CA edges Portland, OR on the Fiscal Health Score by 4 points — 67/100 (grade B) to 63/100 (grade C). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.
Long Beach, CA reports no outstanding debt per resident in its Census filing, while Portland, OR carries $1,574 per resident. Both cities pour the most per-resident dollars into the same function: parks and recreation leads in Long Beach, CA at $698 per resident and in Portland, OR at $2,477.
They also fund themselves differently: other revenue is the largest single revenue source in Long Beach, CA at 12% of total revenue, whereas Portland, OR relies most on intergovernmental transfers at 19%.
Summary
Long Beach spends 44.7% more per capita than Portland ($10,575/person difference). Long Beach, CA has the stronger Fiscal Health Score (B, 67/100).
Fiscal Health Score
Key Metrics
Per Capita Spending by Department
Revenue Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Sales Tax | $36 | $1,695 |
| Income Tax | $1,760 | $130 |
| Intergovernmental | $1,688 | $8,979 |
| Charges & Fees | $2,424 | $3,883 |
| Other | $8,836 | $7,916 |
Spending Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Fire Protection | $0 | $1,700 |
| Highways & Roads | $0 | $139 |
| Public Welfare | $1,317 | $3,607 |
| Health | $477 | $0 |
| Hospitals | $2,751 | $2,893 |
| Parks & Recreation | $698 | $2,477 |
| Housing | $5,782 | $3,694 |
| Sewerage | $86 | $630 |
| Utilities | $3,889 | $1,845 |
| Interest on Debt | $2,718 | $0 |
| Other | $16,533 | $6,689 |
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Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2026.