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Census Tract 203.05, Polk, OR

9,236 Population
3.8 square miles 2,415.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Independence: 30.7 ±2.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$30,243 ±$3,007 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Independence: $31,794 ±$2,919
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $40,635 ±$1,811
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
$84,429 ±$12,466 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Independence: $85,375 † ±$8,821
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $85,118 ±$3,655
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573

13.5% ±6.2% (1,247  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Independence: 12.5% † 1,277 (±5.6% / ±575)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 12.7% † 11,070 (±1.5% / ±1,290)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)

25 minutes ±1.5 (101,240  ±11,874) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Independence: 24.9 114,545 (±1.6 / ±12,610)
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 25.3 839,240 (±0.6 / ±38,581)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)

Families

2,676 ±253 Number of households
  • Independence: 3,151 ±265
  • Polk County: 32,986 ±487
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
3.4 ±0.3 (9,175  ±278) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Independence: 3.2 10,138 (±0.3 / ±30)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Polk County: 2.7 87,510 (±0 / ±30)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548

3.1% ±2.9% (84  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Independence: 3.8% † 108 (±3% / ±87)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 5.2% † 1,126 (±1.2% / ±271)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)

Housing

2,720 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Independence: 3,195 ±272
  • Polk County: 34,867 ±72
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637

$372,600 ±$19,496 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Independence: $378,800 ±$21,161
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $454,700 ±$10,323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400

10.6% ±4.5% (967  ±410.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Independence: 11.1% † 1,120 (±4.1% / ±413.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 14.1% † 12,547 (±1.5% / ±1,341.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)

Social

84.9% ±8% (4,473  ±517.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Independence: 86.5% 5,092 (±7.4% / ±543.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 91.7% 54,675 (±2.8% / ±1,679.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
24.5% ±5.3% (1,289  ±290.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Independence: 27% † 1,590 (±5% / ±311.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 31.2% 18,599 (±1.6% / ±942)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)

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

9.6% ±3% (890  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Independence: 9% † 920 (±2.7% / ±279)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 6.3% 5,680
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367

7.2% ±2.5% (502  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Independence: 7.5% † 593 (±2.4% / ±190)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 9.1% 6,368 (±0.8% / ±559)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
502 Total veterans ±179 359 Male ±128 143 Female ±126

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