Powers vs Saunders Lake

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

Powers 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 645 in Powers). Saunders Lake has the higher median household income ($87,750 vs $42,750 in Powers). Saunders Lake has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $153,100 in Powers).

Population, income & housing

	Powers	Saunders Lake
Population	645	1,495
Median age	51.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,750	$87,750
Median home value	$153,100	$396,500
Median gross rent	$857	$1,367
Housing units	382	635
Homeownership rate	71.9%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powers	Saunders Lake
Population	1,030 → 645 (-37.4%)	1,469 → 1,495 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$33,393 → $42,750 (+28.0%)	—
Median home value	$120,500 → $153,100 (+27.1%)	$329,300 → $396,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$413 → $857 (+107.5%)	$1,324 → $1,367 (+3.2%)

Powers

Population

1,030645

Median household income

$33,393$42,750

Median home value

$120,500$153,100

Median gross rent

$413$857

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)

	Powers	Saunders Lake
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	29.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	18.1%	17.5%
75 and over	15.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powers	Saunders Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	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	25.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powers	Saunders Lake
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	54.4%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powers	Saunders Lake
Drove alone	64.9%	90.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powers	Saunders Lake
1-unit, detached	84.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Powers	Saunders Lake
Poverty rate	20.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	43	27
Median year structure built	1962	1979