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Wheeler County, OR

1,434 Population
1,716 square miles 0.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.3 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Oregon: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,337 ±$7,460 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $44,063 ±$304
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$51,250 ±$7,821 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $80,426 ±$573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10% ±3.2% (142  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 494,736 (±0.2% / ±9,639)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.8 minutes ±7.2 (9,950  ±3,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 23.2 38,743,040 (±0.1 / ±274,387)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

663 ±69 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,701,548 ±3,556
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.3 (1,413  ±120) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,141,889
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.9% ±6.3% (20  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,255 (±0.2% / ±2,165)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

905 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,838,631 ±399
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$259,000 ±$17,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $454,200 ±$1,608
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16% ±5.1% (227  ±75.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,128 (±0.2% / ±10,003.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.4% ±5.5% (1,058  ±118.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.7% 2,770,789 (±0.4% / ±13,166.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.4% ±5% (236  ±62.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 36.2% 1,094,312 (±0.3% / ±8,357.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% ±1.6% (51  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 9.7% 410,791
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

14.1% ±3% (171  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Oregon: 7.5% 252,530 (±0.1% / ±3,559)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
171 Total veterans ±40 170 Male ±40 1 Female ±2

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