Lacomb vs Tangent

A side-by-side comparison of Lacomb and Tangent: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tangent has the higher population (1,303 vs 816 in Lacomb). Tangent has the higher median household income ($99,750 vs $74,296 in Lacomb). Since 2019, Lacomb's population has grown faster (+69.6% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lacomb	Tangent
Population	816	1,303
Median age	62.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,296	$99,750
Median home value	—	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,827
Housing units	359	475
Homeownership rate	90.0%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacomb	Tangent
Population	481 → 816 (+69.6%)	1,414 → 1,303 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $74,296 (+52.9%)	$64,500 → $99,750 (+54.7%)
Median home value	—	$240,100 → $301,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,141 (+47.2%)	$1,293 → $1,827 (+41.3%)

Lacomb

Population

481816

Median household income

$48,594$74,296

Median gross rent

$775$1,141

Tangent

Population

1,4141,303

Median household income

$64,500$99,750

Median home value

$240,100$301,300

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacomb	Tangent
Under 5	2.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	7.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	25.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	29.3%	9.2%
75 and over	4.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacomb	Tangent
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	11.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacomb	Tangent
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	39.9%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	49.3%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacomb	Tangent
Drove alone	70.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacomb	Tangent
1-unit, detached	24.2%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	75.8%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Lacomb	Tangent
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1996	1995