Gladstone vs Molalla

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

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

Gladstone has the higher population (11,986 vs 10,168 in Molalla). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($90,395 vs $83,996 in Molalla). Gladstone has the higher median home value ($463,600 vs $416,900 in Molalla).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Molalla
Population	11,986	10,168
Median age	45.0 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,395	$83,996
Median home value	$463,600	$416,900
Median gross rent	$1,716	$1,496
Housing units	5,212	3,968
Homeownership rate	63.8%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Molalla
Population	12,170 → 11,986 (-1.5%)	9,155 → 10,168 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$64,045 → $90,395 (+41.1%)	$65,064 → $83,996 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$302,200 → $463,600 (+53.4%)	$277,900 → $416,900 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,334 → $1,716 (+28.6%)	$1,071 → $1,496 (+39.7%)

Gladstone

Population

12,17011,986

Median household income

$64,045$90,395

Median home value

$302,200$463,600

Median gross rent

$1,334$1,716

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)

	Gladstone	Molalla
Under 5	2.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	21.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	8.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	5.8%
75 and over	6.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Molalla
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Molalla
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Molalla
Drove alone	66.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.5%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	13.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Molalla
1-unit, detached	63.8%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Molalla
Poverty rate	13.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1975	1995