Drain vs Riddle

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

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

Riddle has the higher population (1,161 vs 975 in Drain). Riddle has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $47,281 in Drain). Drain has the higher median home value ($241,000 vs $215,100 in Riddle).

Population, income & housing

	Drain	Riddle
Population	975	1,161
Median age	50.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,281	$55,000
Median home value	$241,000	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,016	$884
Housing units	473	490
Homeownership rate	64.9%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drain	Riddle
Population	847 → 975 (+15.1%)	1,252 → 1,161 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$42,171 → $47,281 (+12.1%)	$42,969 → $55,000 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $241,000 (+93.9%)	$96,700 → $215,100 (+122.4%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,016 (+28.9%)	$834 → $884 (+6.0%)

Drain

Population

847975

Median household income

$42,171$47,281

Median home value

$124,300$241,000

Median gross rent

$788$1,016

Riddle

Population

1,2521,161

Median household income

$42,969$55,000

Median home value

$96,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$834$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drain	Riddle
Under 5	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.8%
75 and over	6.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drain	Riddle
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drain	Riddle
No high school diploma	19.9%	14.6%
High school graduate	42.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drain	Riddle
Drove alone	72.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	18.0%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	6.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drain	Riddle
1-unit, detached	67.7%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Drain	Riddle
Poverty rate	24.9%	22.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1974	1959