Lookingglass vs Riddle

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

Lookingglass 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 994 in Lookingglass). Lookingglass has the higher median household income ($85,813 vs $55,000 in Riddle). Lookingglass has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $215,100 in Riddle).

Population, income & housing

	Lookingglass	Riddle
Population	994	1,161
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,813	$55,000
Median home value	$445,100	$215,100
Median gross rent	—	$884
Housing units	339	490
Homeownership rate	93.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lookingglass	Riddle
Population	985 → 994 (+0.9%)	1,252 → 1,161 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$36,692 → $85,813 (+133.9%)	$42,969 → $55,000 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$289,400 → $445,100 (+53.8%)	$96,700 → $215,100 (+122.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$834 → $884 (+6.0%)

Lookingglass

Population

985994

Median household income

$36,692$85,813

Median home value

$289,400$445,100

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)

	Lookingglass	Riddle
Under 5	9.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	4.4%	12.8%
75 and over	21.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lookingglass	Riddle
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lookingglass	Riddle
No high school diploma	13.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	42.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lookingglass	Riddle
Drove alone	52.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	44.7%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lookingglass	Riddle
1-unit, detached	70.8%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Lookingglass	Riddle
Poverty rate	2.5%	22.4%
Average household size	3.16	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1977	1959