Mill City vs Tangent

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

Mill City and Tangent 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 1,303 in Tangent). Tangent has the higher median household income ($99,750 vs $70,000 in Mill City). Tangent has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $289,900 in Mill City).

Population, income & housing

	Mill City	Tangent
Population	1,876	1,303
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$99,750
Median home value	$289,900	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,827
Housing units	791	475
Homeownership rate	69.3%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill City	Tangent
Population	1,839 → 1,876 (+2.0%)	1,414 → 1,303 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$53,243 → $70,000 (+31.5%)	$64,500 → $99,750 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $289,900 (+65.9%)	$240,100 → $301,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,204 (+32.0%)	$1,293 → $1,827 (+41.3%)

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

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)

	Mill City	Tangent
Under 5	7.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.2%
75 and over	4.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill City	Tangent
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	9.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill City	Tangent
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill City	Tangent
Drove alone	82.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill City	Tangent
1-unit, detached	80.4%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Mill City	Tangent
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1969	1995