Canyonville vs Myrtle Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Canyonville and Myrtle Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Myrtle Creek has the higher population (3,495 vs 1,917 in Canyonville). Myrtle Creek has the higher median household income ($57,039 vs $45,505 in Canyonville). Myrtle Creek has the higher median home value ($228,200 vs $180,100 in Canyonville).

Population, income & housing

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
Population	1,917	3,495
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,505	$57,039
Median home value	$180,100	$228,200
Median gross rent	$955	$899
Housing units	958	1,589
Homeownership rate	60.0%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
Population	1,826 → 1,917 (+5.0%)	3,428 → 3,495 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$37,426 → $45,505 (+21.6%)	$50,729 → $57,039 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $180,100 (+46.7%)	$166,500 → $228,200 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $955 (+20.6%)	$687 → $899 (+30.9%)

Canyonville

Population

1,8261,917

Median household income

$37,426$45,505

Median home value

$122,800$180,100

Median gross rent

$792$955

Myrtle Creek

Population

3,4283,495

Median household income

$50,729$57,039

Median home value

$166,500$228,200

Median gross rent

$687$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
Under 5	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	6.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	18.9%	11.5%
75 and over	15.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
No high school diploma	13.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	41.8%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
Drove alone	80.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
1-unit, detached	58.5%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Canyonville	Myrtle Creek
Poverty rate	22.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1977	1973