Prineville, OR

Census Place

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2024 Population
11,470
US Senator
Ron Wyden
Democratic Party
US Senator
Jeff Merkley
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
38.4
4.95% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
16.2%
9.89% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$72,980
1.28% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$425,900
16.8% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
4,979
2.91% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Prineville, OR reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.4% of the residents in Prineville, OR are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Prineville, OR was $425,900, and the homeownership rate was 60.1%.

Most people in Prineville, OR drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Prineville, OR was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Prineville, OR is home to a population of 11.5k people, from which 99.4% are citizens. As of 2024, 5.44% of Prineville, OR residents were born outside of the country (624 people).

In 2024, there were 12 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9.22k people) in Prineville, OR than any other race or ethnicity. There were 770 Other (Hispanic) and 334 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

99.4%
2024 Citizenship
99.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.4% of Prineville, OR residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Prineville, OR was 99.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Prineville, OR
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    9.22k ± 289
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    770 ± 337
  3. White (Hispanic)
    334 ± 331
11.8%
Hispanic Population
1.35k people

In 2024, there were 12 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9.22k people) in Prineville, OR than any other race or ethnicity. There were 770 Other (Hispanic) and 334 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

11.8% of the people in Prineville, OR are hispanic (1.35k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Prineville, OR as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Oregon.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    141,836 ± 9,090 people
  2. Vietnam
    22,252 ± 3,653 people
  3. China
    21,575 ± 3,597 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Oregon was Mexico, the natal country of 141,836 Oregon residents, followed by Vietnam with 22,252 and China with 21,575.

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Foreign-Born Population

5.44%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
624 people
5.27%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
590 people

As of 2024, 5.44% of Prineville, OR residents (624 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Prineville, OR was 5.27%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    168 ± 95
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    155 ± 119
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    148 ± 111

Prineville, OR has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.08 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Prineville, OR employs 4.98k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Prineville, OR were Health Care & Social Assistance (968 people), Retail Trade (690 people), and Manufacturing (680 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($73,108), Manufacturing ($70,900), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($66,683).

Occupations

4.98k
2024 Value
± 620
2.91%
1 Year growth
± 17.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Prineville, OR grew at a rate of 2.91%, from 4.84k employees to 4.98k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Prineville, OR, are Management Occupations (516 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (450 people), and Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (428 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Prineville, OR.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Oregon.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Employment by Industries

4.98k
2024 Value
± 620
2.91%
1 Year growth
± 17.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Prineville, OR grew at a rate of 2.91%, from 4.84k employees to 4.98k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Prineville, OR, are Health Care & Social Assistance (968 people), Retail Trade (690 people), and Manufacturing (680 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Prineville, OR, though some of these residents may live in Prineville, OR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$54,509
Median earning men ± $13,132
$41,170
Median earning women ± $6,694

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($95,417), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($80,313), and Manufacturing ($78,417).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($73,818), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($62,788), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($60,817).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Oregon.
Y-Axis
2.87%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.97M people employed in Oregon. This represents a 2.87% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.1%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Oregon.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Oregon went to Kamala Harris with 55.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (41%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.5%).

Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are the senators currently representing the state of Oregon. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Oregon is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Oregon

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Oregon.
Ron Wyden
Senator from Oregon3
Assumed office on February 5, 1996
Elected to the seat following the resignation of Bob Packwood.
Jeff Merkley
Senator from Oregon2
Assumed office on January 3, 2009

Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are the senators currently representing Oregon.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Oregon over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Prineville, OR was $425,900 in 2024, which is 1.28 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $364,600 to $425,900, a 16.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Prineville, OR is 60.1%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Prineville, OR have an average commute time of 23.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Prineville, OR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$425,900
Median Property Value 2024
±$23,779
$2,877
Median Property Taxes
±$413

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 Prineville, OR the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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

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Rent vs Own

60.1%
Homeownership
2024
71.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 60.1% of the housing units in Prineville, OR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 60.5%.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$72,980
Median Household Income
± $5,115
4.79k
Number of Households
± 558

In 2024, the median household income of the 4.79k households in Prineville, OR grew to $72,980 from the previous year's value of $72,058.

The following chart displays the households in Prineville, 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.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Prineville, OR is from Oregon.
0.461
2023 Wage GINI in Oregon
0.463
2022 Wage GINI in Oregon

In 2023, the income inequality in Oregon was 0.461 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.437% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Oregon was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Oregon in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (80.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (10.2%)
  3. Walked (4.32%)

In 2024, 80.3% of workers in Prineville, OR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.2%) and those who walked to work (4.32%).

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.

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Commute Time

23.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Prineville, OR have a shorter commute time (23.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.33% of the workforce in Prineville, OR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

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

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Poverty & Diversity

16.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Prineville, OR (1.85k out of 11.4k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Prineville, OR is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

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.

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Health

93.3% of the population of Prineville, OR has health coverage, with 38.5% on employee plans, 27.3% on Medicaid, 13.8% on Medicare, 12.6% on non-group plans, and 1% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Oregon see 1,064 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,064 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1177 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 137 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47% were men and 53% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25% under 18 years, 20% between 18 and 34 years, 35.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 19.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47% were men and 53% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

6.73%
Uninsured
38.5%
Employer Coverage
27.3%
Medicaid
13.8%
Medicare
12.6%
Non-Group
1%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Prineville, OR declined by 12.4% from 7.68% to 6.73%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Prineville, OR changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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