Halsey vs Mill City

A side-by-side comparison of Halsey and Mill City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mill City has the higher population (1,876 vs 1,637 in Halsey). Halsey has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $70,000 in Mill City). Halsey has the higher median home value ($294,900 vs $289,900 in Mill City).

Population, income & housing

	Halsey	Mill City
Population	1,637	1,876
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,250	$70,000
Median home value	$294,900	$289,900
Median gross rent	$1,944	$1,204
Housing units	503	791
Homeownership rate	76.8%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halsey	Mill City
Population	1,009 → 1,637 (+62.2%)	1,839 → 1,876 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $106,250 (+84.8%)	$53,243 → $70,000 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $294,900 (+56.4%)	$174,700 → $289,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,944 (+99.4%)	$912 → $1,204 (+32.0%)

Halsey

Population

1,0091,637

Median household income

$57,500$106,250

Median home value

$188,500$294,900

Median gross rent

$975$1,944

Mill City

Population

1,8391,876

Median household income

$53,243$70,000

Median home value

$174,700$289,900

Median gross rent

$912$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halsey	Mill City
Under 5	6.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.2%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	2.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halsey	Mill City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halsey	Mill City
No high school diploma	2.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halsey	Mill City
Drove alone	93.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halsey	Mill City
1-unit, detached	81.3%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Halsey	Mill City
Poverty rate	6.8%	17.3%
Average household size	3.42	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1974	1969