Scio vs Tangent

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

Scio 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 1,075 in Scio). Tangent has the higher median household income ($99,750 vs $82,946 in Scio). Scio has the higher median home value ($330,600 vs $301,300 in Tangent).

Population, income & housing

	Scio	Tangent
Population	1,075	1,303
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,946	$99,750
Median home value	$330,600	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,307	$1,827
Housing units	414	475
Homeownership rate	63.1%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scio	Tangent
Population	927 → 1,075 (+16.0%)	1,414 → 1,303 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$58,819 → $82,946 (+41.0%)	$64,500 → $99,750 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$204,900 → $330,600 (+61.3%)	$240,100 → $301,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,307 (+32.2%)	$1,293 → $1,827 (+41.3%)

Scio

Population

9271,075

Median household income

$58,819$82,946

Median home value

$204,900$330,600

Median gross rent

$989$1,307

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)

	Scio	Tangent
Under 5	10.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.2%
75 and over	7.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scio	Tangent
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scio	Tangent
No high school diploma	12.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	29.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scio	Tangent
Drove alone	79.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scio	Tangent
1-unit, detached	67.9%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Scio	Tangent
Poverty rate	6.6%	16.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1972	1995