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La Grande, OR

13,058 Population
4.6 square miles 2,840.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 40 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,892 ±$2,624 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: $37,171 ±$2,311
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,427 ±$6,092 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: $65,661 ±$3,326
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±3.7% (2,656  ±471) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 16.1% † 4,138 (±2.1% / ±537)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.1 minutes ±1.6 (73,605  ±10,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 16.3 174,240 (±1.2 / ±14,972)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,538 ±209 Number of households
  • the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 10,900 ±156
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (12,686  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 2.4 25,638 (±0 / ±15)
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±1.9% (82  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 4.4% † 258 (±1.8% / ±109)
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,826 ±215 Number of housing units
  • the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 11,829 ±34
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$278,700 ±$19,603 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: $294,600 ±$14,624
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±2.8% (1,676  ±361.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 11.6% † 3,011 (±1.9% / ±504.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±5.8% (7,750  ±555) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 93.5% 16,457 (±3.8% / ±685.6)
  • a little higher than 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)
26.8% ±3.6% (2,181  ±306.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 26.1% 4,590 (±2% / ±361.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.9% ±1.4% (633  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 4% 1,036
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2% (693  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the La Grande, OR Micro Area: 7.9% † 1,622 (±1.1% / ±232)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
693 Total veterans ±204 584 Male ±193 109 Female ±74

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