Rogue River vs Talent

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

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

Talent has the higher population (6,271 vs 2,092 in Rogue River). Talent has the higher median household income ($53,843 vs $45,163 in Rogue River). Talent has the higher median home value ($365,500 vs $274,800 in Rogue River).

Population, income & housing

	Rogue River	Talent
Population	2,092	6,271
Median age	55.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,163	$53,843
Median home value	$274,800	$365,500
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,441
Housing units	1,200	3,208
Homeownership rate	56.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rogue River	Talent
Population	2,410 → 2,092 (-13.2%)	6,503 → 6,271 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$35,875 → $45,163 (+25.9%)	$40,385 → $53,843 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $274,800 (+50.7%)	$218,500 → $365,500 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,185 (+49.4%)	$927 → $1,441 (+55.4%)

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

Talent

Population

6,5036,271

Median household income

$40,385$53,843

Median home value

$218,500$365,500

Median gross rent

$927$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rogue River	Talent
Under 5	1.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	18.5%	13.2%
75 and over	18.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rogue River	Talent
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rogue River	Talent
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rogue River	Talent
Drove alone	80.8%	69.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rogue River	Talent
1-unit, detached	50.7%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Rogue River	Talent
Poverty rate	14.7%	15.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1979	1993