Cave Junction vs Takilma

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

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

Cave Junction has the higher population (1,701 vs 665 in Takilma). Cave Junction has the higher median household income ($35,927 vs $32,930 in Takilma). Since 2019, Takilma's population has grown faster (+42.7% vs -31.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Junction	Takilma
Population	1,701	665
Median age	41.7 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,927	$32,930
Median home value	$252,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,076	—
Housing units	977	263
Homeownership rate	69.3%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Junction	Takilma
Population	2,479 → 1,701 (-31.4%)	466 → 665 (+42.7%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $35,927 (+36.9%)	$80,302 → $32,930 (-59.0%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $252,000 (+50.5%)	$284,100 → $545,300 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,076 (+23.1%)	—

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

Takilma

Population

466665

Median household income

$80,302$32,930

Median home value

$284,100$545,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Junction	Takilma
Under 5	7.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	25.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	3.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	5.9%
65 to 74	20.5%	20.9%
75 and over	9.1%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Junction	Takilma
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Junction	Takilma
No high school diploma	8.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Junction	Takilma
Drove alone	58.6%	60.6%
Carpooled	17.2%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.7%
Worked from home	10.7%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Junction	Takilma
1-unit, detached	66.8%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cave Junction	Takilma
Poverty rate	42.2%	35.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1988	1979