Drain vs Lookingglass

A side-by-side comparison of Drain and Lookingglass: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lookingglass has the higher population (994 vs 975 in Drain). Lookingglass has the higher median household income ($85,813 vs $47,281 in Drain). Lookingglass has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $241,000 in Drain).

Population, income & housing

	Drain	Lookingglass
Population	975	994
Median age	50.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,281	$85,813
Median home value	$241,000	$445,100
Median gross rent	$1,016	—
Housing units	473	339
Homeownership rate	64.9%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drain	Lookingglass
Population	847 → 975 (+15.1%)	985 → 994 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$42,171 → $47,281 (+12.1%)	$36,692 → $85,813 (+133.9%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $241,000 (+93.9%)	$289,400 → $445,100 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,016 (+28.9%)	—

Drain

Population

847975

Median household income

$42,171$47,281

Median home value

$124,300$241,000

Median gross rent

$788$1,016

Lookingglass

Population

985994

Median household income

$36,692$85,813

Median home value

$289,400$445,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drain	Lookingglass
Under 5	4.4%	9.4%
5 to 17	9.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	4.4%
75 and over	6.6%	21.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drain	Lookingglass
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drain	Lookingglass
No high school diploma	19.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drain	Lookingglass
Drove alone	72.8%	52.8%
Carpooled	18.0%	44.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drain	Lookingglass
1-unit, detached	67.7%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Drain	Lookingglass
Poverty rate	24.9%	2.5%
Average household size	2.29	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1974	1977