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Garbage Disposal Repair in Oregon

Across the 100 Oregon towns we route calls in, 60% of housing units are detached houses and 30% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.

The quick answer

Across the 100 Oregon towns covered here, 60% of housing units are detached houses, 30% are in multi-unit buildings and 5% are manufactured homes. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, and therefore who arranges and pays for the repair.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.

SinkGrind is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We carry out no work, we sell no equipment, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.

How Oregon is built

Housing type	Share of housing units
Detached houses	60%
Attached houses	6%
Multi-unit buildings	30%
Manufactured and mobile homes	5%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 1,119,134 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.

The state does not divide evenly: 48 Oregon towns lead on detached houses, 26 Oregon towns lead on single-family housing, 21 Oregon towns lead on manufactured homes, 5 Oregon towns lead on a mix of building types. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.

The largest towns we route

Town	Detached	Multi-unit	Housing units
Portland	55%	38%	424,308
Salem	60%	31%	98,964
Beaverton	52%	36%	84,328
Hillsboro	57%	32%	39,861
Gresham	56%	35%	33,776
Corvallis	53%	37%	30,561
Albany	64%	22%	26,657
Oregon City	73%	15%	21,702

Checking a plumber in Oregon

Oregon licenses are issued by the Oregon Building Codes Division, Department of Consumer and Business Services, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. Plumbing businesses in Oregon must also hold a Construction Contractors Board license, which is a separate search.

Towns we route in Oregon

Albany 64% detached · 22% multi-unit
Alsea 72% detached · 6% multi-unit
Amity 73% detached · 10% multi-unit
Aumsville 81% detached · 1% multi-unit
Aurora 69% detached · 1% multi-unit
Banks 87% detached · 8% multi-unit
Beavercreek 91% detached · 1% multi-unit
Beaverton 52% detached · 36% multi-unit
Blodgett 77% detached · 0% multi-unit
Boring 84% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Brightwood 80% detached · 0% multi-unit
Brownsville 69% detached · 2% multi-unit
Canby 66% detached · 17% multi-unit
Carlton 83% detached · 4% multi-unit
Cascade Locks 76% detached · 8% multi-unit
Clackamas 51% detached · 33% multi-unit
Clatskanie 74% detached · 6% multi-unit
Cloverdale 67% detached · 7% multi-unit
Colton 76% detached · 0% multi-unit
Columbia City 90% detached · 6% multi-unit
Corbett 85% detached · 1% multi-unit
Cornelius 72% detached · 11% multi-unit
Corvallis 53% detached · 37% multi-unit
Dallas 69% detached · 19% multi-unit
Damascus 86% detached · 1% multi-unit
Dayton 82% detached · 1% multi-unit
Deer Island 82% detached · 0% multi-unit
Donald 62% detached · 0% multi-unit
Dufur 65% detached · 1% multi-unit
Dundee 89% detached · 3% multi-unit
Eagle Creek 63% detached · 1% multi-unit
Estacada 78% detached · 5% multi-unit
Fairview 38% detached · 47% multi-unit
Falls City 72% detached · 1% multi-unit
Forest Grove 62% detached · 27% multi-unit
Gales Creek 98% detached · 0% multi-unit
Gaston 85% detached · 1% multi-unit
Gates 62% detached · 2% multi-unit
Gervais 82% detached · 2% multi-unit
Gladstone 65% detached · 25% multi-unit
Grand Ronde 35% detached · 19% multi-unit
Gresham 56% detached · 35% multi-unit
Halsey 84% detached · 3% multi-unit
Happy Valley 60% detached · 32% multi-unit
Hillsboro 57% detached · 32% multi-unit
Hood River 70% detached · 15% multi-unit
Hubbard 71% detached · 8% multi-unit
Independence 62% detached · 27% multi-unit
Jefferson 82% detached · 3% multi-unit
Lafayette 82% detached · 1% multi-unit
Lake Oswego 64% detached · 29% multi-unit
Lebanon 64% detached · 17% multi-unit
Lyons 85% detached · 2% multi-unit
Maupin 62% detached · 10% multi-unit
McMinnville 63% detached · 22% multi-unit
Mill City 81% detached · 6% multi-unit
Molalla 70% detached · 19% multi-unit
Monmouth 58% detached · 29% multi-unit
Mosier 67% detached · 5% multi-unit
Mount Angel 61% detached · 34% multi-unit
Mount Hood Parkdale 81% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Mulino 85% detached · 1% multi-unit
Newberg 66% detached · 19% multi-unit
North Plains 92% detached · 3% multi-unit
Ontario 59% detached · 23% multi-unit
Oregon City 73% detached · 15% multi-unit
Philomath 62% detached · 18% multi-unit
Portland 55% detached · 38% multi-unit
Rainier 64% detached · 9% multi-unit
Rhododendron 98% detached · 0% multi-unit
Rickreall 28% detached · 41% multi-unit
Saint Helens 75% detached · 14% multi-unit
Saint Paul 83% detached · 3% multi-unit
Salem 60% detached · 31% multi-unit
Sandy 79% detached · 10% multi-unit
Scappoose 74% detached · 8% multi-unit
Scio 64% detached · 2% multi-unit
Scotts Mills 72% detached · 0% multi-unit
Shedd 76% detached · 18% multi-unit
Sheridan 73% detached · 16% multi-unit
Sherwood 76% detached · 15% multi-unit
Silverton 75% detached · 15% multi-unit
Stayton 64% detached · 24% multi-unit
Sublimity 73% detached · 16% multi-unit
Sweet Home 70% detached · 9% multi-unit
Tangent 54% detached · 2% multi-unit
The Dalles 64% detached · 18% multi-unit
Troutdale 63% detached · 20% multi-unit
Tualatin 53% detached · 37% multi-unit
Turner 76% detached · 6% multi-unit
Tygh Valley 43% detached · 1% multi-unit
Vernonia 78% detached · 6% multi-unit
Warren 80% detached · 0% multi-unit
Wasco 64% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Welches 78% detached · 6% multi-unit
West Linn 79% detached · 16% multi-unit
Willamina 73% detached · 15% multi-unit
Wilsonville 44% detached · 45% multi-unit
Woodburn 67% detached · 22% multi-unit
Yamhill 64% detached · 4% multi-unit

Pushed the reset button already?Then it is worth a contractor rather than another ten minutes with a hex key. Tell us what it is doing — silent, humming, leaking or smelling — and we will route you. Free to you, always. Disposals are one job; we take the others.

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