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The Dalles, OR

15,917 Population
6.7 square miles 2,380.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 41 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,289 ±$7,626 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: $38,408 † ±$4,706
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,614 ±$5,474 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: $64,175 ±$3,054
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±3% (1,696  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 11.6% † 3,018 (±2.3% / ±607)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.5 minutes ±1.7 (107,180  ±13,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 18.9 201,775 (±1 / ±14,543)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,525 ±222 Number of households
  • the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 10,563 ±236
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (15,423  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 2.4 25,282 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±2.3% (172  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 4.6% † 273 (±2.2% / ±130)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,964 ±203 Number of housing units
  • the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 12,198 ±28
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$360,800 ±$22,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: $367,400 ±$17,134
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±2.9% (1,874  ±458.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 11.6% † 3,040 (±2.2% / ±585.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±5.6% (9,667  ±664.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 86.2% 16,291 (±4.2% / ±803.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±2.8% (2,520  ±318.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 22.5% 4,245 (±2.1% / ±404.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.1% ±2.1% (1,445  ±341) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 9.9% 2,622
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±1.6% (1,061  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the The Dalles, OR Micro Area: 8.9% † 1,857 (±1.1% / ±222)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,061 Total veterans ±203 972 Male ±194 89 Female ±62

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