Cave Junction vs Redwood

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

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

Redwood has the higher population (3,150 vs 1,701 in Cave Junction). Redwood has the higher median household income ($73,135 vs $35,927 in Cave Junction). Redwood has the higher median home value ($381,000 vs $252,000 in Cave Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Junction	Redwood
Population	1,701	3,150
Median age	41.7 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,927	$73,135
Median home value	$252,000	$381,000
Median gross rent	$1,076	$1,379
Housing units	977	1,029
Homeownership rate	69.3%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Junction	Redwood
Population	2,479 → 1,701 (-31.4%)	2,970 → 3,150 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $35,927 (+36.9%)	$57,833 → $73,135 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $252,000 (+50.5%)	$277,800 → $381,000 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,076 (+23.1%)	$1,195 → $1,379 (+15.4%)

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

Redwood

Population

2,9703,150

Median household income

$57,833$73,135

Median home value

$277,800$381,000

Median gross rent

$1,195$1,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Junction	Redwood
Under 5	7.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	18.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	20.5%	10.8%
75 and over	9.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Junction	Redwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Junction	Redwood
No high school diploma	8.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	35.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Junction	Redwood
Drove alone	58.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	17.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	13.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Junction	Redwood
1-unit, detached	66.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Cave Junction	Redwood
Poverty rate	42.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.26	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1988	1979