Ontario vs Vale

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

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

Ontario has the higher population (11,728 vs 2,259 in Vale). Vale has the higher median household income ($48,854 vs $43,887 in Ontario). Ontario has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $162,500 in Vale).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario	Vale
Population	11,728	2,259
Median age	35.4 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,887	$48,854
Median home value	$217,500	$162,500
Median gross rent	$790	$844
Housing units	4,991	900
Homeownership rate	59.4%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario	Vale
Population	10,966 → 11,728 (+6.9%)	2,079 → 2,259 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$36,922 → $43,887 (+18.9%)	$38,295 → $48,854 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $217,500 (+84.6%)	$93,000 → $162,500 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $790 (+14.3%)	$730 → $844 (+15.6%)

Ontario

Population

10,96611,728

Median household income

$36,922$43,887

Median home value

$117,800$217,500

Median gross rent

$691$790

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)

	Ontario	Vale
Under 5	6.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	26.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.1%
75 and over	10.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario	Vale
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	2.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario	Vale
No high school diploma	15.8%	16.1%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario	Vale
Drove alone	77.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario	Vale
1-unit, detached	58.3%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Ontario	Vale
Poverty rate	19.2%	18.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1975	1967