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John Day, OR

1,609 Population
2.3 square miles 711.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grant County: 50.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,765 ±$5,856 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Grant County: $35,597 ±$2,745
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,891 ±$20,634 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $59,450 ±$4,846
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±6.6% (199  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 12.8% † 899 (±2.6% / ±181)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.7 minutes ±11.1 (11,470  ±7,995) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Grant County: 20.1 † 50,395 (±5.2 / ±13,824)
  • 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

785 ±128 Number of households
  • Grant County: 3,444 ±110
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,564  ±259) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 2 7,022 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 80 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

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

Housing

861 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 4,157 ±30
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,100 ±$33,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grant County: $229,700 ±$21,475
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±4.5% (169  ±76.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Grant County: 13.1% † 928 (±3.1% / ±221.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±5.8% (1,106  ±173.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 91.6% 5,139 (±6.1% / ±343.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18% ±5.3% (216  ±70.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 17.7% † 992 (±2.7% / ±153.2)
  • 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

3.2% ±1.6% (52  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Grant County: 1.7% 121
  • 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

6.4% ±3.5% (81  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Grant County: 12.7% † 759 (±1.7% / ±104)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
81 Total veterans ±46 75 Male ±44 6 Female ±10

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