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Malheur County, OR

31,954 Population
9,887.7 square miles 3.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,000 ±$1,214 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,519 ±$5,992 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±3% (4,971  ±859) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±1.3 (201,610  ±17,846) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,292 ±236 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (28,221  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.5% ±3.5% (627  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,716 ±72 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$248,900 ±$19,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±2% (3,956  ±634.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.7% ±3.7% (17,521  ±773.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.2% ±1.6% (3,180  ±323.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

7.4% (2,355  ±379) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1.1% (1,946  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,946 Total veterans ±261 1,815 Male ±258 131 Female ±58

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