Clatskanie vs Columbia City

A side-by-side comparison of Clatskanie and Columbia City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clatskanie has the higher population (2,198 vs 1,806 in Columbia City). Columbia City has the higher median household income ($100,912 vs $81,307 in Clatskanie). Columbia City has the higher median home value ($441,700 vs $300,000 in Clatskanie).

Population, income & housing

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
Population	2,198	1,806
Median age	42.6 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,307	$100,912
Median home value	$300,000	$441,700
Median gross rent	$761	$1,467
Housing units	1,012	758
Homeownership rate	77.9%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
Population	1,646 → 2,198 (+33.5%)	1,882 → 1,806 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$32,019 → $81,307 (+153.9%)	$73,276 → $100,912 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$171,000 → $300,000 (+75.4%)	$279,700 → $441,700 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $761 (+12.2%)	$1,162 → $1,467 (+26.2%)

Clatskanie

Population

1,6462,198

Median household income

$32,019$81,307

Median home value

$171,000$300,000

Median gross rent

$678$761

Columbia City

Population

1,8821,806

Median household income

$73,276$100,912

Median home value

$279,700$441,700

Median gross rent

$1,162$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
Under 5	4.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	1.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	18.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	15.1%
75 and over	9.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
No high school diploma	12.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
Drove alone	76.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
1-unit, detached	60.8%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Clatskanie	Columbia City
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1978	1991