Barlow vs Johnson City

A side-by-side comparison of Barlow and Johnson City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Johnson City has the higher population (481 vs 187 in Barlow). Since 2019, Barlow's population has grown faster (+30.8% vs -6.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Barlow	Johnson City
Population	187	481
Median age	53.7 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,500
Median home value	—	$82,000
Housing units	90	268
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barlow	Johnson City
Population	143 → 187 (+30.8%)	514 → 481 (-6.4%)
Median household income	—	$52,321 → $47,500 (-9.2%)
Median home value	—	$35,800 → $82,000 (+129.1%)

Barlow

Population

143187

Johnson City

Population

514481

Median household income

$52,321$47,500

Median home value

$35,800$82,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barlow	Johnson City
Under 5	4.8%	8.3%
5 to 17	4.3%	6.7%
18 to 24	1.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	33.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	36.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	2.1%	18.1%
75 and over	3.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barlow	Johnson City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barlow	Johnson City
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	15.0%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	72.5%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barlow	Johnson City
Drove alone	61.5%	85.4%
Carpooled	2.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	34.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barlow	Johnson City
1-unit, detached	25.6%	3.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	74.4%	96.6%

Poverty & households

	Barlow	Johnson City
Poverty rate	28.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.08	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1985	1994