Deer Island, OR

Census Place

2024 Population

199

US Senator

Ron Wyden

Democratic Party

US Senator

Jeff Merkley

Democratic Party

2024 Poverty Rate

9.05%

21.5% 1-year decrease

2021 Median Household Income

$23,750

18.4% 1-year decline

2022 Median Property Value

$154,800

2024 Employed Population

9.3% 1-year growth

Housing & Living

People in Deer Island, OR have an average commute time of 21.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Deer Island, OR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$154,800

Median Property Value 2022

±$153,902

$67

Median Property Taxes

±$57

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Deer Island, OR the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Deer Island, OR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

82.7%

Homeownership

2024

60%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 82.7% of the housing units in Deer Island, OR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 82.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Deer Island, OR compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$23,750

Median Household Income

± $17,355

Number of Households

± 65

In 2021, the median household income of the 81 households in Deer Island, OR declined from $23,750 from the previous year's value of $29,091.

The following chart displays the households in Deer Island, OR distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Deer Island, OR is from Oregon.

0.459

2024 Wage GINI in Oregon

0.461

2023 Wage GINI in Oregon

In 2024, the income inequality in Oregon was 0.459 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.412% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Oregon was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Oregon in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Oregon across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (61.9%)
Walked (38.1%)

In 2024, 61.9% of workers in Deer Island, OR drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (38.1%) and those who carpooled to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

21.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Deer Island, OR have a shorter commute time (21.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Deer Island, OR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Deer Island, OR compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Deer Island, OR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Deer Island, OR have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

9.05% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Deer Island, OR (18 out of 199 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Deer Island, OR is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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