Columbia City vs Deer Island

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

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

Columbia City has the higher population (1,806 vs 191 in Deer Island). Since 2019, Deer Island's population has grown faster (+29.9% vs -4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia City	Deer Island
Population	1,806	191
Median age	49.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,912	—
Median home value	$441,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,467	—
Housing units	758	82
Homeownership rate	90.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	25.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia City	Deer Island
Population	1,882 → 1,806 (-4.0%)	147 → 191 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$73,276 → $100,912 (+37.7%)	$27,639 → $23,750 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $441,700 (+57.9%)	$143,800 → $154,800 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,467 (+26.2%)	—

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

Deer Island

Population

147191

Median household income

$27,639$23,750

Median home value

$143,800$154,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia City	Deer Island
Under 5	2.5%	18.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	22.5%
45 to 54	18.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	16.8%
75 and over	9.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia City	Deer Island
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia City	Deer Island
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.5%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia City	Deer Island
Drove alone	75.8%	65.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	34.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia City	Deer Island
1-unit, detached	89.7%	35.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	64.6%

Poverty & households

	Columbia City	Deer Island
Poverty rate	8.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1991	1991