Damascus vs Molalla

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

Damascus and Molalla 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 10,168 in Molalla). Damascus has the higher median household income ($112,774 vs $83,996 in Molalla). Damascus has the higher median home value ($637,100 vs $416,900 in Molalla).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Molalla
Population	10,888	10,168
Median age	44.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,774	$83,996
Median home value	$637,100	$416,900
Median gross rent	$2,554	$1,496
Housing units	3,734	3,968
Homeownership rate	92.2%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Molalla
Population	11,161 → 10,888 (-2.4%)	9,155 → 10,168 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$93,963 → $112,774 (+20.0%)	$65,064 → $83,996 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$434,200 → $637,100 (+46.7%)	$277,900 → $416,900 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $2,554 (+59.8%)	$1,071 → $1,496 (+39.7%)

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

Molalla

Population

9,15510,168

Median household income

$65,064$83,996

Median home value

$277,900$416,900

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damascus	Molalla
Under 5	2.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	21.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	5.8%
75 and over	7.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Molalla
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	3.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Molalla
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Molalla
Drove alone	71.1%	73.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Molalla
1-unit, detached	95.0%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Molalla
Poverty rate	3.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1978	1995