Mill City vs Scio

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

Mill City and Scio 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 1,075 in Scio). Scio has the higher median household income ($82,946 vs $70,000 in Mill City). Scio has the higher median home value ($330,600 vs $289,900 in Mill City).

Population, income & housing

	Mill City	Scio
Population	1,876	1,075
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$82,946
Median home value	$289,900	$330,600
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,307
Housing units	791	414
Homeownership rate	69.3%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill City	Scio
Population	1,839 → 1,876 (+2.0%)	927 → 1,075 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$53,243 → $70,000 (+31.5%)	$58,819 → $82,946 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $289,900 (+65.9%)	$204,900 → $330,600 (+61.3%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,204 (+32.0%)	$989 → $1,307 (+32.2%)

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

Scio

Population

9271,075

Median household income

$58,819$82,946

Median home value

$204,900$330,600

Median gross rent

$989$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill City	Scio
Under 5	7.5%	10.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.8%
75 and over	4.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill City	Scio
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill City	Scio
No high school diploma	11.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	37.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill City	Scio
Drove alone	82.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	10.6%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill City	Scio
1-unit, detached	80.4%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Mill City	Scio
Poverty rate	17.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.90	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1969	1972