Elmira vs Westfir

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

Elmira 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 318 in Elmira). Westfir has the higher median household income ($67,031 vs $59,917 in Elmira). Elmira has the higher median home value ($319,100 vs $295,000 in Westfir).

Population, income & housing

	Elmira	Westfir
Population	318	434
Median age	49.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,917	$67,031
Median home value	$319,100	$295,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,325
Housing units	144	183
Homeownership rate	74.6%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmira	Westfir
Population	721 → 318 (-55.9%)	296 → 434 (+46.6%)
Median household income	$60,429 → $59,917 (-0.8%)	$40,469 → $67,031 (+65.6%)
Median home value	$251,900 → $319,100 (+26.7%)	$145,300 → $295,000 (+103.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$871 → $1,325 (+52.1%)

Elmira

Population

721318

Median household income

$60,429$59,917

Median home value

$251,900$319,100

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)

	Elmira	Westfir
Under 5	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	14.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	34.0%	4.6%
55 to 64	7.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	18.4%
75 and over	10.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmira	Westfir
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmira	Westfir
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmira	Westfir
Drove alone	81.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmira	Westfir
1-unit, detached	61.1%	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	38.9%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Elmira	Westfir
Poverty rate	15.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1950	1951