Barview vs Saunders Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Barview and Saunders Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barview has the higher population (1,645 vs 1,495 in Saunders Lake). Saunders Lake has the higher median household income ($87,750 vs $71,579 in Barview). Saunders Lake has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $226,100 in Barview).

Population, income & housing

	Barview	Saunders Lake
Population	1,645	1,495
Median age	55.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,579	$87,750
Median home value	$226,100	$396,500
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,367
Housing units	854	635
Homeownership rate	92.5%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barview	Saunders Lake
Population	1,879 → 1,645 (-12.5%)	1,469 → 1,495 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$46,364 → $71,579 (+54.4%)	—
Median home value	$141,900 → $226,100 (+59.3%)	$329,300 → $396,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,131 (+7.5%)	$1,324 → $1,367 (+3.2%)

Barview

Population

1,8791,645

Median household income

$46,364$71,579

Median home value

$141,900$226,100

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,131

Saunders Lake

Population

1,4691,495

Median home value

$329,300$396,500

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barview	Saunders Lake
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.0%	29.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	23.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	18.5%	17.5%
75 and over	8.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barview	Saunders Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barview	Saunders Lake
No high school diploma	15.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barview	Saunders Lake
Drove alone	80.0%	90.2%
Carpooled	0.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	3.7%
Other means	8.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barview	Saunders Lake
1-unit, detached	60.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Barview	Saunders Lake
Poverty rate	3.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1974	1979