Barlow vs Rivergrove

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

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

Rivergrove has the higher population (645 vs 187 in Barlow). Since 2019, Barlow's population has grown faster (+30.8% vs +20.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Barlow	Rivergrove
Population	187	645
Median age	53.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$208,158
Median home value	—	$880,400
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	90	244
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	78.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barlow	Rivergrove
Population	143 → 187 (+30.8%)	536 → 645 (+20.3%)
Median household income	—	$139,583 → $208,158 (+49.1%)
Median home value	—	$646,600 → $880,400 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,250 → $3,501 (+55.6%)

Barlow

Population

143187

Rivergrove

Population

536645

Median household income

$139,583$208,158

Median home value

$646,600$880,400

Median gross rent

$2,250$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barlow	Rivergrove
Under 5	4.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	21.7%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	33.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	36.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	2.1%	9.9%
75 and over	3.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barlow	Rivergrove
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	18.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.7%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barlow	Rivergrove
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	15.0%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	72.5%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	42.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	35.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barlow	Rivergrove
Drove alone	61.5%	62.7%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	2.3%
Worked from home	34.3%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barlow	Rivergrove
1-unit, detached	25.6%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	74.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barlow	Rivergrove
Poverty rate	28.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1985	1977