Cheshire vs Westfir

A side-by-side comparison of Cheshire and Westfir: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westfir has the higher population (434 vs 287 in Cheshire). Westfir has the higher median household income ($67,031 vs $29,063 in Cheshire). Since 2019, Cheshire's population has grown faster (+71.9% vs +46.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire	Westfir
Population	287	434
Median age	66.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$29,063	$67,031
Median home value	—	$295,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,325
Housing units	160	183
Homeownership rate	94.4%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire	Westfir
Population	167 → 287 (+71.9%)	296 → 434 (+46.6%)
Median household income	$24,167 → $29,063 (+20.3%)	$40,469 → $67,031 (+65.6%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $52,900 (+5.8%)	$145,300 → $295,000 (+103.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$871 → $1,325 (+52.1%)

Cheshire

Population

167287

Median household income

$24,167$29,063

Median home value

$50,000$52,900

Westfir

Population

296434

Median household income

$40,469$67,031

Median home value

$145,300$295,000

Median gross rent

$871$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire	Westfir
Under 5	1.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	6.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	3.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	2.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	4.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	40.1%	18.4%
75 and over	12.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire	Westfir
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire	Westfir
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	66.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire	Westfir
Drove alone	61.9%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	13.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire	Westfir
1-unit, detached	18.1%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	81.9%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire	Westfir
Poverty rate	22.0%	9.4%
Average household size	1.75	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1994	1951