Halsey vs Sweet Home

A side-by-side comparison of Halsey and Sweet Home: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sweet Home has the higher population (9,977 vs 1,637 in Halsey). Halsey has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $59,479 in Sweet Home). Halsey has the higher median home value ($294,900 vs $245,700 in Sweet Home).

Population, income & housing

	Halsey	Sweet Home
Population	1,637	9,977
Median age	34.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$106,250	$59,479
Median home value	$294,900	$245,700
Median gross rent	$1,944	$1,135
Housing units	503	4,203
Homeownership rate	76.8%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halsey	Sweet Home
Population	1,009 → 1,637 (+62.2%)	9,619 → 9,977 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $106,250 (+84.8%)	$43,589 → $59,479 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $294,900 (+56.4%)	$153,000 → $245,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,944 (+99.4%)	$934 → $1,135 (+21.5%)

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

Sweet Home

Population

9,6199,977

Median household income

$43,589$59,479

Median home value

$153,000$245,700

Median gross rent

$934$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halsey	Sweet Home
Under 5	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.6%
75 and over	2.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halsey	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halsey	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	2.8%	17.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halsey	Sweet Home
Drove alone	93.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halsey	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	81.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Halsey	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	6.8%	17.4%
Average household size	3.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1974	1973