Alpine vs Philomath

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Philomath: population, income, housing, and more.

Alpine and Philomath are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Philomath has the higher population (5,537 vs 230 in Alpine). Philomath has the higher median household income ($83,373 vs $56,458 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $375,600 in Philomath).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Philomath
Population	230	5,537
Median age	60.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$83,373
Median home value	$528,100	$375,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,415
Housing units	84	2,644
Homeownership rate	84.5%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Philomath
Population	183 → 230 (+25.7%)	4,929 → 5,537 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$50,380 → $56,458 (+12.1%)	$72,564 → $83,373 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$466,000 → $528,100 (+13.3%)	$244,700 → $375,600 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$899 → $1,415 (+57.4%)

Alpine

Population

183230

Median household income

$50,380$56,458

Median home value

$466,000$528,100

Philomath

Population

4,9295,537

Median household income

$72,564$83,373

Median home value

$244,700$375,600

Median gross rent

$899$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Philomath
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	16.3%
25 to 34	4.8%	18.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	23.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	35.7%	13.0%
75 and over	0.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Philomath
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	16.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Philomath
No high school diploma	13.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	38.5%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Philomath
Drove alone	55.6%	67.3%
Carpooled	28.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Philomath
1-unit, detached	81.0%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Philomath
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1974	1990