Bunker Hill vs Saunders Lake

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

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

Bunker Hill has the higher population (1,694 vs 1,495 in Saunders Lake). Saunders Lake has the higher median household income ($87,750 vs $53,098 in Bunker Hill). Saunders Lake has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $255,400 in Bunker Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
Population	1,694	1,495
Median age	32.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,098	$87,750
Median home value	$255,400	$396,500
Median gross rent	$913	$1,367
Housing units	574	635
Homeownership rate	46.5%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
Population	2,501 → 1,694 (-32.3%)	1,469 → 1,495 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$39,159 → $53,098 (+35.6%)	—
Median home value	$180,200 → $255,400 (+41.7%)	$329,300 → $396,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $913 (+2.4%)	$1,324 → $1,367 (+3.2%)

Bunker Hill

Population

2,5011,694

Median household income

$39,159$53,098

Median home value

$180,200$255,400

Median gross rent

$892$913

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)

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.3%	29.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	3.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	17.5%
75 and over	4.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
Drove alone	87.3%	90.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
1-unit, detached	59.8%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Bunker Hill	Saunders Lake
Poverty rate	39.5%	10.2%
Average household size	3.04	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1966	1979