Myrtle Point vs Saunders Lake

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

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

Myrtle Point has the higher population (2,689 vs 1,495 in Saunders Lake). Saunders Lake has the higher median household income ($87,750 vs $42,357 in Myrtle Point). Saunders Lake has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $239,700 in Myrtle Point).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
Population	2,689	1,495
Median age	46.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,357	$87,750
Median home value	$239,700	$396,500
Median gross rent	$710	$1,367
Housing units	1,352	635
Homeownership rate	68.8%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
Population	2,517 → 2,689 (+6.8%)	1,469 → 1,495 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$34,866 → $42,357 (+21.5%)	—
Median home value	$143,400 → $239,700 (+67.2%)	$329,300 → $396,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $710 (+29.3%)	$1,324 → $1,367 (+3.2%)

Myrtle Point

Population

2,5172,689

Median household income

$34,866$42,357

Median home value

$143,400$239,700

Median gross rent

$549$710

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)

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	29.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	17.5%
75 and over	11.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	42.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
Drove alone	70.2%	90.2%
Carpooled	16.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
1-unit, detached	63.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Point	Saunders Lake
Poverty rate	22.5%	10.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1955	1979