Deer Island vs Rainier

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

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

Rainier has the higher population (1,859 vs 191 in Deer Island). Since 2019, Deer Island's population has grown faster (+29.9% vs -12.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Island	Rainier
Population	191	1,859
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,847
Median home value	—	$310,200
Median gross rent	—	$866
Housing units	82	835
Homeownership rate	82.9%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	25.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Island	Rainier
Population	147 → 191 (+29.9%)	2,113 → 1,859 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$27,639 → $23,750 (-14.1%)	$50,793 → $62,847 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $154,800 (+7.6%)	$187,800 → $310,200 (+65.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$737 → $866 (+17.5%)

Deer Island

Population

147191

Median household income

$27,639$23,750

Median home value

$143,800$154,800

Rainier

Population

2,1131,859

Median household income

$50,793$62,847

Median home value

$187,800$310,200

Median gross rent

$737$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Island	Rainier
Under 5	18.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	22.2%
35 to 44	22.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.8%	16.4%
75 and over	3.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Island	Rainier
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Island	Rainier
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	57.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Island	Rainier
Drove alone	65.2%	64.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	34.8%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Island	Rainier
1-unit, detached	35.4%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	64.6%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Deer Island	Rainier
Poverty rate	11.5%	21.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1991	1972