This study reports on a house-level survey in Orenco Station, as well as in two other neighborhoods in Portland. By comparing differences revealed in the surveys, it shows that social dynamics in Orenco Station vary in important ways from those in more typical Portland communities. The study concludes that this New Urbanist community is indeed fostering a high level of social cohesion and community interaction. As such, this study lends support to the assertion that a New Urbanist community can foster generation of particular kinds of social capital in the contemporary American city.