River Road vs Santa Clara

A side-by-side comparison of River Road and Santa Clara: population, income, housing, and more.

River Road and Santa Clara are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Clara has the higher population (10,623 vs 8,462 in River Road). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($82,530 vs $78,479 in River Road). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $360,400 in River Road).

Population, income & housing

	River Road	Santa Clara
Population	8,462	10,623
Median age	39.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,479	$82,530
Median home value	$360,400	$381,700
Median gross rent	$1,398	$1,571
Housing units	3,341	4,625
Homeownership rate	69.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Road	Santa Clara
Population	10,352 → 8,462 (-18.3%)	11,020 → 10,623 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$61,703 → $78,479 (+27.2%)	$70,048 → $82,530 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$247,300 → $360,400 (+45.7%)	$263,000 → $381,700 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,284 → $1,398 (+8.9%)	$1,317 → $1,571 (+19.3%)

River Road

Population

10,3528,462

Median household income

$61,703$78,479

Median home value

$247,300$360,400

Median gross rent

$1,284$1,398

Santa Clara

Population

11,02010,623

Median household income

$70,048$82,530

Median home value

$263,000$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Road	Santa Clara
Under 5	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.8%
75 and over	4.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Road	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	2.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Road	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.7%
High school graduate	19.4%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Road	Santa Clara
Drove alone	72.8%	71.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.8%
Public transit	1.7%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	17.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Road	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	83.7%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	River Road	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	14.9%	10.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1961	1969