Living in Sellwood Portland: The Neighborhood That Gets Under Your Skin
People who live in Sellwood tend to stay in Sellwood. That is not an accident. There is something about this neighborhood in southeast Portland along the Willamette that creates genuine attachment, and I want to tell you exactly what produces it.
Sellwood has the feeling of a small town that exists inside a major American city. The main commercial strip on 13th Avenue has an antique district, excellent coffee, neighborhood restaurants, a wine bar people actually walk to on Friday evenings, and a sense that this community has been here and cared about this place for a long time. It does not feel like it was curated by a real estate developer. It feels like it grew organically and it did.
Oaks Park is one of those only-in-Portland places. An actual amusement park with a skating rink and picnic grounds sitting along a beautiful stretch of the Willamette, two minutes from a residential street. Kids who grow up in Sellwood know that park the way you know a backyard and it is a genuine part of childhood here.
The Springwater Corridor trail runs right through the neighborhood and connects to a regional trail network that makes Sellwood a particularly good neighborhood for families who run, cycle, or want to put their kids on bikes for actual distances. Sellwood Park itself is outstanding.
For families, the walkability of daily life and the strong parent communities around the neighborhood schools make it practical as well as charming.
Housing in Sellwood ranges from smaller bungalows at the $550,000 to $750,000 range to larger craftsman and colonial homes at the $800,000 to $1.1 million price point. Move-up buyers often discover Sellwood after starting in a smaller SE Portland home and wanting to stay in the area while stepping up in space and character.
If Sellwood sounds like your kind of place, I would love to show you what is available there right now.
If Sellwood sounds like your kind of place, I would love to show you what is available there right now.
Alison Derse | REAL Broker Portland | 503.748.9818 | Alison@AlisonPDX.com | alisonpdx.com
