Cascade Locks vs Mount Hood

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade Locks and Mount Hood: population, income, housing, and more.

Cascade Locks and Mount Hood are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cascade Locks has the higher population (1,529 vs 168 in Mount Hood). Cascade Locks has the higher median home value ($330,800 vs $9,999 in Mount Hood). Since 2019, Cascade Locks's population has grown faster (+19.0% vs -59.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
Population	1,529	168
Median age	46.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	—
Median home value	$330,800	$9,999
Median gross rent	$1,178	—
Housing units	757	122
Homeownership rate	77.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
Population	1,285 → 1,529 (+19.0%)	414 → 168 (-59.4%)
Median household income	$50,685 → $65,357 (+28.9%)	$40,380 → $75,214 (+86.3%)
Median home value	$254,100 → $330,800 (+30.2%)	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,178 (+15.6%)	—

Cascade Locks

Population

1,2851,529

Median household income

$50,685$65,357

Median home value

$254,100$330,800

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,178

Mount Hood

Population

414168

Median household income

$40,380$75,214

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	40.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.3%	0.0%
75 and over	3.9%	39.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	51.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	48.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
No high school diploma	6.7%	36.3%
High school graduate	14.3%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
Drove alone	68.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.7%	0.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
1-unit, detached	75.2%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	40.2%

Poverty & households

	Cascade Locks	Mount Hood
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.27	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1979	1974