Damascus vs Jennings Lodge

A side-by-side comparison of Damascus and Jennings Lodge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Damascus has the higher population (10,888 vs 7,732 in Jennings Lodge). Damascus has the higher median household income ($112,774 vs $67,164 in Jennings Lodge). Damascus has the higher median home value ($637,100 vs $436,700 in Jennings Lodge).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
Population	10,888	7,732
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,774	$67,164
Median home value	$637,100	$436,700
Median gross rent	$2,554	$1,604
Housing units	3,734	3,589
Homeownership rate	92.2%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
Population	11,161 → 10,888 (-2.4%)	7,988 → 7,732 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$93,963 → $112,774 (+20.0%)	$54,987 → $67,164 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$434,200 → $637,100 (+46.7%)	$311,500 → $436,700 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,554 (+59.8%)	$1,191 → $1,604 (+34.7%)

Damascus

Population

11,16110,888

Median household income

$93,963$112,774

Median home value

$434,200$637,100

Median gross rent

$1,598$2,554

Jennings Lodge

Population

7,9887,732

Median household income

$54,987$67,164

Median home value

$311,500$436,700

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
Under 5	2.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.1%
75 and over	7.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
Drove alone	71.1%	68.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.6%	5.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.2%	14.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
1-unit, detached	95.0%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Jennings Lodge
Poverty rate	3.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1978	1975