Myrtle Creek vs Tri-City

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

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

Tri-City has the higher population (4,362 vs 3,495 in Myrtle Creek). Myrtle Creek has the higher median household income ($57,039 vs $47,922 in Tri-City). Tri-City has the higher median home value ($240,800 vs $228,200 in Myrtle Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
Population	3,495	4,362
Median age	45.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,039	$47,922
Median home value	$228,200	$240,800
Median gross rent	$899	$935
Housing units	1,589	1,908
Homeownership rate	57.8%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
Population	3,428 → 3,495 (+2.0%)	4,150 → 4,362 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$50,729 → $57,039 (+12.4%)	$43,560 → $47,922 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$166,500 → $228,200 (+37.1%)	$152,800 → $240,800 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $899 (+30.9%)	$830 → $935 (+12.7%)

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

Tri-City

Population

4,1504,362

Median household income

$43,560$47,922

Median home value

$152,800$240,800

Median gross rent

$830$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	20.7%
75 and over	10.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
Drove alone	65.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	13.5%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	10.2%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
1-unit, detached	73.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Creek	Tri-City
Poverty rate	13.5%	24.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1973	1980