Foots Creek vs Gold Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Foots Creek and Gold Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Foots Creek and Gold Hill are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gold Hill has the higher population (1,264 vs 1,095 in Foots Creek). Foots Creek has the higher median household income ($71,755 vs $47,500 in Gold Hill). Foots Creek has the higher median home value ($441,100 vs $299,000 in Gold Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
Population	1,095	1,264
Median age	62.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,755	$47,500
Median home value	$441,100	$299,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,400
Housing units	490	569
Homeownership rate	84.9%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
Population	621 → 1,095 (+76.3%)	1,437 → 1,264 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$61,214 → $71,755 (+17.2%)	$48,750 → $47,500 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $441,100 (+33.1%)	$205,100 → $299,000 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,145 → $1,400 (+22.3%)

Foots Creek

Population

6211,095

Median household income

$61,214$71,755

Median home value

$331,300$441,100

Gold Hill

Population

1,4371,264

Median household income

$48,750$47,500

Median home value

$205,100$299,000

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
Under 5	2.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	1.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	5.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	19.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	32.7%	11.9%
75 and over	12.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	18.7%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	58.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
Drove alone	90.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
1-unit, detached	84.5%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Foots Creek	Gold Hill
Poverty rate	7.9%	19.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	37	19
Median year structure built	1973	1976