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Fossil CCD, Wheeler County, OR

577 Population
490 square miles 1.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.7 ±12.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wheeler County: 57.3 ±4.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Oregon: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,472 ±$17,102 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wheeler County: $33,337 † ±$7,460
  • a little less than the amount in Oregon: $44,063 ±$304
$49,688 ±$15,483 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wheeler County: $51,250 † ±$7,821
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $80,426 ±$573

10.9% ±7% (63  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wheeler County: 10% † 142 (±3.2% / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 494,736 (±0.2% / ±9,639)

15.8 minutes ±4.8 (2,810  ±1,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wheeler County: 25.8 † 9,950 (±7.2 / ±3,818)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oregon: 23.2 38,743,040 (±0.1 / ±274,387)

Families

295 ±53 Number of households
  • Wheeler County: 663 † ±69
  • Oregon: 1,701,548 ±3,556
2 ±0.1 (577  ±105) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wheeler County: 2.1 † 1,413 (±0.3 / ±120)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,141,889

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

360 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Wheeler County: 905 ±68
  • Oregon: 1,838,631 ±399

$181,500 ±$56,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wheeler County: $259,000 ±$17,009
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $454,200 ±$1,608

17.9% ±8.4% (103  ±52.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wheeler County: 16% † 227 (±5.1% / ±75.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,128 (±0.2% / ±10,003.6)

Social

88% ±4.6% (441  ±87.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wheeler County: 91.4% 1,058 (±5.5% / ±118.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.7% 2,770,789 (±0.4% / ±13,166.6)
22.2% ±10.1% (111  ±54.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wheeler County: 20.4% † 236 (±5% / ±62.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.3% ±1.9% (13  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wheeler County: 3.6% † 51 (±1.6% / ±23)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oregon: 9.7% 410,791

15.3% ±6.5% (79  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wheeler County: 14.1% † 171 (±3% / ±40)
  • about double the rate in Oregon: 7.5% 252,530 (±0.1% / ±3,559)
79 Total veterans ±37 79 Male ±37 N/A Female ±13

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