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La Grande, OR

13,059 Population
4.6 square miles 2,849.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,491 ±$2,156 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: $34,745 ±$2,140
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $44,063 ±$304
$56,409 ±$6,391 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: $64,212 ±$3,369
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $80,426 ±$573

21.4% ±3.4% (2,710  ±432) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 15.8% † 4,065 (±2.1% / ±543)
  • nearly double the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 494,736 (±0.2% / ±9,639)

13 minutes ±1.3 (71,080  ±8,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 17.2 182,620 (±1.3 / ±15,959)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Oregon: 23.2 38,743,040 (±0.1 / ±274,387)

Families

5,422 ±208 Number of households
  • the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 10,856 ±197
  • Oregon: 1,701,548 ±3,556
2.3 ±0.1 (12,621  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 2.4 25,585 (±0 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,141,889

2% ±1.9% (65  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 3.7% † 216 (±1.5% / ±87)
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,255 (±0.2% / ±2,165)

Housing

5,766 ±196 Number of housing units
  • the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 11,786 ±57
  • Oregon: 1,838,631 ±399

$244,200 ±$16,269 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: $260,500 ±$12,137
  • about half the amount in Oregon: $454,200 ±$1,608

14.4% ±3.1% (1,880  ±403) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 13.5% † 3,512 (±2% / ±532.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,128 (±0.2% / ±10,003.6)

Social

95.1% ±5.5% (7,633  ±499.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 93.6% 16,428 (±3.6% / ±633.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 91.7% 2,770,789 (±0.4% / ±13,166.6)
25% ±3.3% (2,004  ±271.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 24.9% 4,375 (±1.8% / ±323.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 36.2% 1,094,312 (±0.3% / ±8,357.8)

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

4.1% ±1.4% (534  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 3.3% 874
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 9.7% 410,791

7.2% ±1.6% (723  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 8% † 1,625 (±1% / ±208)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 7.5% 252,530 (±0.1% / ±3,559)
723 Total veterans ±158 599 Male ±151 124 Female ±74

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