Gold Hill vs Jacksonville

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (2,991 vs 1,264 in Gold Hill). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($114,500 vs $47,500 in Gold Hill). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($595,400 vs $299,000 in Gold Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
Population	1,264	2,991
Median age	37.2 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$114,500
Median home value	$299,000	$595,400
Median gross rent	$1,400	$1,867
Housing units	569	1,586
Homeownership rate	66.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
Population	1,437 → 1,264 (-12.0%)	2,884 → 2,991 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $47,500 (-2.6%)	$72,986 → $114,500 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $299,000 (+45.8%)	$427,400 → $595,400 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,400 (+22.3%)	$1,147 → $1,867 (+62.8%)

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

Jacksonville

Population

2,8842,991

Median household income

$72,986$114,500

Median home value

$427,400$595,400

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
Under 5	6.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.6%
75 and over	6.7%	22.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	38.7%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
Drove alone	82.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	72.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Gold Hill	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	19.3%	6.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1976	1993