Rainier vs Vernonia

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

Rainier 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 1,859 in Rainier). Vernonia has the higher median household income ($83,324 vs $62,847 in Rainier). Vernonia has the higher median home value ($321,200 vs $310,200 in Rainier).

Population, income & housing

	Rainier	Vernonia
Population	1,859	2,716
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,847	$83,324
Median home value	$310,200	$321,200
Median gross rent	$866	$1,213
Housing units	835	1,117
Homeownership rate	50.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainier	Vernonia
Population	2,113 → 1,859 (-12.0%)	1,856 → 2,716 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$50,793 → $62,847 (+23.7%)	$53,491 → $83,324 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$187,800 → $310,200 (+65.2%)	$187,900 → $321,200 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $866 (+17.5%)	$1,344 → $1,213 (-9.7%)

Rainier

Population

2,1131,859

Median household income

$50,793$62,847

Median home value

$187,800$310,200

Median gross rent

$737$866

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)

	Rainier	Vernonia
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	22.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.4%
75 and over	8.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainier	Vernonia
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainier	Vernonia
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	36.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainier	Vernonia
Drove alone	64.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	14.5%	15.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	8.1%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainier	Vernonia
1-unit, detached	54.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Rainier	Vernonia
Poverty rate	21.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	39
Median year structure built	1972	1990