Glasgow vs Saunders Lake

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

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

Saunders Lake has the higher population (1,495 vs 655 in Glasgow). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($88,393 vs $87,750 in Saunders Lake). Saunders Lake has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $385,400 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
Population	655	1,495
Median age	69.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,393	$87,750
Median home value	$385,400	$396,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,367
Housing units	375	635
Homeownership rate	95.6%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
Population	738 → 655 (-11.2%)	1,469 → 1,495 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$63,510 → $88,393 (+39.2%)	—
Median home value	$255,600 → $385,400 (+50.8%)	$329,300 → $396,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,324 → $1,367 (+3.2%)

Glasgow

Population

738655

Median household income

$63,510$88,393

Median home value

$255,600$385,400

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)

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.8%	29.0%
18 to 24	2.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	1.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	22.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	36.5%	17.5%
75 and over	24.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	4.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	24.9%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
Drove alone	85.6%	90.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
1-unit, detached	70.4%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Saunders Lake
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.2%
Average household size	1.82	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1967	1979