Sutherlin vs Tri-City

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

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

Sutherlin has the higher population (8,574 vs 4,362 in Tri-City). Sutherlin has the higher median household income ($51,860 vs $47,922 in Tri-City). Sutherlin has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $240,800 in Tri-City).

Population, income & housing

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
Population	8,574	4,362
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,860	$47,922
Median home value	$261,700	$240,800
Median gross rent	$1,149	$935
Housing units	4,033	1,908
Homeownership rate	64.4%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
Population	8,033 → 8,574 (+6.7%)	4,150 → 4,362 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$46,290 → $51,860 (+12.0%)	$43,560 → $47,922 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$162,700 → $261,700 (+60.8%)	$152,800 → $240,800 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,149 (+30.4%)	$830 → $935 (+12.7%)

Sutherlin

Population

8,0338,574

Median household income

$46,290$51,860

Median home value

$162,700$261,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,149

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)

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
Under 5	5.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	20.7%
75 and over	11.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	38.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
Drove alone	79.9%	73.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
1-unit, detached	53.1%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Sutherlin	Tri-City
Poverty rate	13.0%	24.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1984	1980