Portland wedding venue cost index
Computed from 30 published fee schedules across the Portland metro, checked on August 18, 2026. Median published starting price $374, with half the listings between $121 and $779. 27 of 30 (90%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 30 Portland area venues in 6 cities, checked on August 18, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | $50 |
| 25th percentile | $121 |
| Median | $374 |
| 75th percentile | $779 |
| Highest published starting price | $2,400 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 19 | 63% |
| Under $1,000 | 27 | 90% |
| Under $2,500 | 30 | 100% |
| Published fee of zero | 0 | 0% |
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Park & Pavilion | Chinook Shelter A at Blue Lake Regional ParkFairview, OR | $50 |
| Courthouse & City Hall | Multnomah County Courthouse Wedding (Multnomah County Circuit Court)Portland, OR | $117 |
| Garden & Conservatory | Secret Garden at Washington ParkPortland, OR | $358 |
| Chapel | Oaks Pioneer ChurchPortland, OR | $750 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
3 courts and clerk offices in the Portland area publish a ceremony fee, running from $117 to $192. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 5 | $192 |
| Outdoor space published | 28 | $418 |
Published capacity
25 of the 30 Portland listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 100 guests.
Public agency against everything else
22 of 30 listings (73%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 27 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 22 | 73% |
| Everything else | 8 | 27% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the Portland venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.