Cave Junction vs Grants Pass

A side-by-side comparison of Cave Junction and Grants Pass: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave Junction and Grants Pass are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grants Pass has the higher population (39,183 vs 1,701 in Cave Junction). Grants Pass has the higher median household income ($56,877 vs $35,927 in Cave Junction). Grants Pass has the higher median home value ($364,200 vs $252,000 in Cave Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
Population	1,701	39,183
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,927	$56,877
Median home value	$252,000	$364,200
Median gross rent	$1,076	$1,160
Housing units	977	17,164
Homeownership rate	69.3%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
Population	2,479 → 1,701 (-31.4%)	37,545 → 39,183 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $35,927 (+36.9%)	$44,185 → $56,877 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $252,000 (+50.5%)	$231,800 → $364,200 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,076 (+23.1%)	$929 → $1,160 (+24.9%)

Cave Junction

Population

2,4791,701

Median household income

$26,250$35,927

Median home value

$167,400$252,000

Median gross rent

$874$1,076

Grants Pass

Population

37,54539,183

Median household income

$44,185$56,877

Median home value

$231,800$364,200

Median gross rent

$929$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
Under 5	7.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	20.5%	12.6%
75 and over	9.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	35.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
Drove alone	58.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	17.2%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	13.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
1-unit, detached	66.8%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Cave Junction	Grants Pass
Poverty rate	42.2%	15.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1988	1982