Jacksonville vs Shady Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Shady Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shady Cove has the higher population (3,083 vs 2,991 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($114,500 vs $45,750 in Shady Cove). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($595,400 vs $248,800 in Shady Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
Population	2,991	3,083
Median age	55.0 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$114,500	$45,750
Median home value	$595,400	$248,800
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,086
Housing units	1,586	1,598
Homeownership rate	66.2%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
Population	2,884 → 2,991 (+3.7%)	3,080 → 3,083 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$72,986 → $114,500 (+56.9%)	$39,967 → $45,750 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $595,400 (+39.3%)	$184,400 → $248,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,867 (+62.8%)	$1,219 → $1,086 (-10.9%)

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

Shady Cove

Population

3,0803,083

Median household income

$39,967$45,750

Median home value

$184,400$248,800

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
Under 5	1.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	25.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	21.6%
75 and over	22.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.4%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.3%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
Drove alone	73.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
1-unit, detached	65.6%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	4.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Shady Cove
Poverty rate	6.8%	15.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1993	1997