Gold Hill vs Rogue River

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

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

Rogue River has the higher population (2,092 vs 1,264 in Gold Hill). Gold Hill has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $45,163 in Rogue River). Gold Hill has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $274,800 in Rogue River).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
Population	1,264	2,092
Median age	37.2 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$45,163
Median home value	$299,000	$274,800
Median gross rent	$1,400	$1,185
Housing units	569	1,200
Homeownership rate	66.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
Population	1,437 → 1,264 (-12.0%)	2,410 → 2,092 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $47,500 (-2.6%)	$35,875 → $45,163 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $299,000 (+45.8%)	$182,400 → $274,800 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,400 (+22.3%)	$793 → $1,185 (+49.4%)

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

Rogue River

Population

2,4102,092

Median household income

$35,875$45,163

Median home value

$182,400$274,800

Median gross rent

$793$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
Under 5	6.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	18.5%
75 and over	6.7%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	1.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	38.7%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
Drove alone	82.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
1-unit, detached	72.1%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Gold Hill	Rogue River
Poverty rate	19.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.33	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1976	1979