Shady Cove vs Talent

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

Shady Cove 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 3,083 in Shady Cove). Talent has the higher median household income ($53,843 vs $45,750 in Shady Cove). Talent has the higher median home value ($365,500 vs $248,800 in Shady Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Shady Cove	Talent
Population	3,083	6,271
Median age	59.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$53,843
Median home value	$248,800	$365,500
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,441
Housing units	1,598	3,208
Homeownership rate	66.3%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shady Cove	Talent
Population	3,080 → 3,083 (+0.1%)	6,503 → 6,271 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$39,967 → $45,750 (+14.5%)	$40,385 → $53,843 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$184,400 → $248,800 (+34.9%)	$218,500 → $365,500 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,086 (-10.9%)	$927 → $1,441 (+55.4%)

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

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)

	Shady Cove	Talent
Under 5	2.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	1.8%	14.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	25.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	21.6%	13.2%
75 and over	12.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shady Cove	Talent
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	76.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shady Cove	Talent
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	23.2%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shady Cove	Talent
Drove alone	72.7%	69.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	2.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shady Cove	Talent
1-unit, detached	54.4%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Shady Cove	Talent
Poverty rate	15.1%	15.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1997	1993