Gold Hill vs Wimer

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

Gold Hill and Wimer 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 449 in Wimer). Gold Hill has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $37,639 in Wimer). Gold Hill has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $279,300 in Wimer).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Hill	Wimer
Population	1,264	449
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$37,639
Median home value	$299,000	$279,300
Median gross rent	$1,400	—
Housing units	569	187
Homeownership rate	66.6%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Hill	Wimer
Population	1,437 → 1,264 (-12.0%)	452 → 449 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $47,500 (-2.6%)	$33,000 → $37,639 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $299,000 (+45.8%)	$312,000 → $279,300 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,400 (+22.3%)	—

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

Wimer

Population

452449

Median household income

$33,000$37,639

Median home value

$312,000$279,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Hill	Wimer
Under 5	6.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	22.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	2.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.5%
75 and over	6.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Hill	Wimer
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Hill	Wimer
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Hill	Wimer
Drove alone	82.9%	83.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Hill	Wimer
1-unit, detached	72.1%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Gold Hill	Wimer
Poverty rate	19.3%	21.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	93
Median year structure built	1976	1978