River Road vs Veneta

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

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

River Road has the higher population (8,462 vs 5,191 in Veneta). River Road has the higher median household income ($78,479 vs $61,949 in Veneta). River Road has the higher median home value ($360,400 vs $318,800 in Veneta).

Population, income & housing

	River Road	Veneta
Population	8,462	5,191
Median age	39.6 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,479	$61,949
Median home value	$360,400	$318,800
Median gross rent	$1,398	$1,624
Housing units	3,341	2,375
Homeownership rate	69.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Road	Veneta
Population	10,352 → 8,462 (-18.3%)	4,953 → 5,191 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$61,703 → $78,479 (+27.2%)	$49,728 → $61,949 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$247,300 → $360,400 (+45.7%)	$215,400 → $318,800 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,284 → $1,398 (+8.9%)	$869 → $1,624 (+86.9%)

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

Veneta

Population

4,9535,191

Median household income

$49,728$61,949

Median home value

$215,400$318,800

Median gross rent

$869$1,624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Road	Veneta
Under 5	5.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	18.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.5%
75 and over	4.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Road	Veneta
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Road	Veneta
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	19.4%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Road	Veneta
Drove alone	72.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Road	Veneta
1-unit, detached	83.7%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	River Road	Veneta
Poverty rate	14.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1961	1996