Jordan Valley vs Vale

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

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

Vale has the higher population (2,259 vs 163 in Jordan Valley). Vale has the higher median household income ($48,854 vs $46,429 in Jordan Valley). Vale has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $118,800 in Jordan Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Jordan Valley	Vale
Population	163	2,259
Median age	48.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,429	$48,854
Median home value	$118,800	$162,500
Median gross rent	—	$844
Housing units	105	900
Homeownership rate	50.0%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jordan Valley	Vale
Population	147 → 163 (+10.9%)	2,079 → 2,259 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $46,429 (+42.9%)	$38,295 → $48,854 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $118,800 (+8.0%)	$93,000 → $162,500 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $755 (+25.8%)	$730 → $844 (+15.6%)

Jordan Valley

Population

147163

Median household income

$32,500$46,429

Median home value

$110,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$600$755

Vale

Population

2,0792,259

Median household income

$38,295$48,854

Median home value

$93,000$162,500

Median gross rent

$730$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jordan Valley	Vale
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	6.1%	26.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	48.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.1%
75 and over	15.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jordan Valley	Vale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jordan Valley	Vale
No high school diploma	13.7%	16.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jordan Valley	Vale
Drove alone	88.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jordan Valley	Vale
1-unit, detached	59.0%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	41.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Jordan Valley	Vale
Poverty rate	11.7%	18.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1969	1967