Hood River vs Parkdale

A side-by-side comparison of Hood River and Parkdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hood River has the higher population (8,360 vs 275 in Parkdale). Hood River has the higher median household income ($77,975 vs $65,938 in Parkdale). Hood River has the higher median home value ($602,800 vs $368,100 in Parkdale).

Population, income & housing

	Hood River	Parkdale
Population	8,360	275
Median age	37.9 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,975	$65,938
Median home value	$602,800	$368,100
Median gross rent	$1,446	—
Housing units	4,037	178
Homeownership rate	53.4%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hood River	Parkdale
Population	7,715 → 8,360 (+8.4%)	324 → 275 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$60,542 → $77,975 (+28.8%)	$70,750 → $65,938 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$354,700 → $602,800 (+69.9%)	$361,100 → $368,100 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,446 (+26.6%)	—

Hood River

Population

7,7158,360

Median household income

$60,542$77,975

Median home value

$354,700$602,800

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,446

Parkdale

Population

324275

Median household income

$70,750$65,938

Median home value

$361,100$368,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hood River	Parkdale
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	6.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	20.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	2.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	36.4%
75 and over	9.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hood River	Parkdale
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	70.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hood River	Parkdale
No high school diploma	14.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	42.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hood River	Parkdale
Drove alone	48.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	9.2%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	13.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hood River	Parkdale
1-unit, detached	59.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Hood River	Parkdale
Poverty rate	8.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.31	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	11
Median year structure built	1985	1981