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Wheeler County, OR

1,485 Population
1,716 square miles 0.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.3 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,179 ±$8,984 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,284 ±$4,440 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

10.8% ±3.7% (158  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • 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)

24 minutes ±4.5 (10,815  ±3,333) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

703 ±70 Number of households
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,462  ±150) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±5.7% (13  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

908 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$272,400 ±$19,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±4% (129  ±59.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±2% (1,127  ±124.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.8% ±5.1% (233  ±67.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about half 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

3.4% ±1.9% (50  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.9% ±3.3% (156  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
156 Total veterans ±46 155 Male ±46 1 Female ±2

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