Barlow vs Government Camp

A side-by-side comparison of Barlow and Government Camp: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barlow has the higher population (187 vs 64 in Government Camp). Since 2019, Barlow's population has grown faster (+30.8% vs -63.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Barlow	Government Camp
Population	187	64
Median age	53.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Housing units	90	459
Homeownership rate	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barlow	Government Camp
Population	143 → 187 (+30.8%)	176 → 64 (-63.6%)

Barlow

Population

143187

Government Camp

Population

17664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barlow	Government Camp
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.6%	20.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	33.2%	21.9%
55 to 64	36.4%	37.5%
65 to 74	2.1%	0.0%
75 and over	3.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barlow	Government Camp
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barlow	Government Camp
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	15.0%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	72.5%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barlow	Government Camp
Drove alone	61.5%	10.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	30.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	46.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barlow	Government Camp
1-unit, detached	25.6%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	74.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barlow	Government Camp
Poverty rate	28.3%	62.5%
Average household size	2.08	—
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1985	1999