Clatskanie vs Vernonia

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

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

Vernonia has the higher population (2,716 vs 2,198 in Clatskanie). Vernonia has the higher median household income ($83,324 vs $81,307 in Clatskanie). Vernonia has the higher median home value ($321,200 vs $300,000 in Clatskanie).

Population, income & housing

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
Population	2,198	2,716
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,307	$83,324
Median home value	$300,000	$321,200
Median gross rent	$761	$1,213
Housing units	1,012	1,117
Homeownership rate	77.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
Population	1,646 → 2,198 (+33.5%)	1,856 → 2,716 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$32,019 → $81,307 (+153.9%)	$53,491 → $83,324 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$171,000 → $300,000 (+75.4%)	$187,900 → $321,200 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $761 (+12.2%)	$1,344 → $1,213 (-9.7%)

Clatskanie

Population

1,6462,198

Median household income

$32,019$81,307

Median home value

$171,000$300,000

Median gross rent

$678$761

Vernonia

Population

1,8562,716

Median household income

$53,491$83,324

Median home value

$187,900$321,200

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
Under 5	4.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.4%
75 and over	9.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
No high school diploma	12.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	36.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
Drove alone	76.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	15.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	6.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
1-unit, detached	60.8%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Clatskanie	Vernonia
Poverty rate	9.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1978	1990