Dunes City vs Oakridge

A side-by-side comparison of Dunes City and Oakridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakridge has the higher population (3,197 vs 1,358 in Dunes City). Dunes City has the higher median household income ($71,125 vs $35,437 in Oakridge). Dunes City has the higher median home value ($514,900 vs $231,500 in Oakridge).

Population, income & housing

	Dunes City	Oakridge
Population	1,358	3,197
Median age	65.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,125	$35,437
Median home value	$514,900	$231,500
Median gross rent	$694	$924
Housing units	824	1,550
Homeownership rate	79.3%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	26.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunes City	Oakridge
Population	1,237 → 1,358 (+9.8%)	3,303 → 3,197 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $71,125 (+9.4%)	$32,205 → $35,437 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$374,200 → $514,900 (+37.6%)	$116,100 → $231,500 (+99.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $694 (-33.5%)	$781 → $924 (+18.3%)

Dunes City

Population

1,2371,358

Median household income

$65,000$71,125

Median home value

$374,200$514,900

Median gross rent

$1,044$694

Oakridge

Population

3,3033,197

Median household income

$32,205$35,437

Median home value

$116,100$231,500

Median gross rent

$781$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunes City	Oakridge
Under 5	2.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	5.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	4.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	19.0%
65 to 74	27.9%	15.0%
75 and over	22.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunes City	Oakridge
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunes City	Oakridge
No high school diploma	7.7%	16.4%
High school graduate	14.3%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunes City	Oakridge
Drove alone	74.7%	70.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	16.6%
Other means	0.9%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunes City	Oakridge
1-unit, detached	88.3%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Dunes City	Oakridge
Poverty rate	7.3%	29.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1976	1959