Jordan Valley vs Nyssa

A side-by-side comparison of Jordan Valley and Nyssa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nyssa has the higher population (3,220 vs 163 in Jordan Valley). Nyssa has the higher median household income ($51,944 vs $46,429 in Jordan Valley). Nyssa has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $118,800 in Jordan Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
Population	163	3,220
Median age	48.8 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,429	$51,944
Median home value	$118,800	$172,700
Median gross rent	—	$820
Housing units	105	1,066
Homeownership rate	50.0%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
Population	147 → 163 (+10.9%)	3,163 → 3,220 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $46,429 (+42.9%)	$41,750 → $51,944 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $118,800 (+8.0%)	$102,600 → $172,700 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $755 (+25.8%)	$634 → $820 (+29.3%)

Jordan Valley

Population

147163

Median household income

$32,500$46,429

Median home value

$110,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$600$755

Nyssa

Population

3,1633,220

Median household income

$41,750$51,944

Median home value

$102,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$634$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
Under 5	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	6.1%	27.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	48.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.4%
75 and over	15.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	35.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	62.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
No high school diploma	13.7%	28.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
Drove alone	88.4%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	5.8%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
1-unit, detached	59.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	41.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Jordan Valley	Nyssa
Poverty rate	11.7%	15.4%
Average household size	2.28	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1969	1966